LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a journey to a ship’s deck.
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a ship to the country.
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a captain to a ship.
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a captain to a victory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -My Captain!” is an extended metaphor in that the poem represents the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the end of the Civil War. The ship represents the country having finally arrived at a port, at peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “captain” represents Lincoln, and the “ship” represents the Civil War; Lincoln was the commander of the Civil War much as a captain would be of his ship. In line two, when it says that “the ship has weather’d every rack, ” it is referring to all the lives that were lost during the War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The figures of speech in “O Captain! My Captain” by Walt Whitman are apostrophe, paradox, alliteration, metonymy and repetition. The poem uses apostrophe in saying “O Captain” and “O heart” because the speaker is exclaiming to one no longer there and to his heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “ship” is the United States, and the “prize” is the preservation of the Union.