LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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The Captian was a tyrant who they all wanted dead.
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The people are celebrating the long life of the Captain.
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The people are joyous that the war is over; the confederate army has surrendered.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer The prize in the poem “O Captain! My Captain” by Walt Whitman was the winning of the war and freedom from slavery. Why were the people all exulting? All the people were exulting because the captain who was quite trannt had died.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why are the people “all exulting?” The Captain was a tyrant who they all wanted dead. The people are celebrating the long life of the Captain. The people are joyous that the war is over; the confederate army has surrendered.
Detailed explanation-3: -My Captain!” is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman’s first to be anthologized and the most popular during his lifetime.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exulting means to celebrate with great energy or enthusiasm. I know this because they are also ringing bells and later in the poem it says they are crowded together waiting with wreaths and bouquets. The people standing at the port are exulting (their eyes are following the ship (line 4)), so they can’t be on it.