AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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remind the leader of the tragedy
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repeat the lines for the rhyming
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keep the readers aware of what is to come
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clarify his idea
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition, at the end of every paragraph, the phrase ‘fallen cold and dead’ (Whitman 2) is repeated. This emphasizes how difficult it is for people, including the poet, to believe that Lincoln is already dead. The repetition in “O Captain!
Detailed explanation-2: -Fallen cold and dead.” The speaker reveals their success came at a high cost. The Captain is dead. The speaker is dejected. The repetition of “heart” in the fifth line works to establish the speaker’s grief over the Captain’s death.
Detailed explanation-3: -The repetition of the phrase “fallen cold and dead” tells us what about the speaker? The importance of the death to the speaker.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.