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Read the poem.
Part A
O Captain! My Captain!
by Walt Whitman
Read the lines from the first stanza of "O Captain! My Captain!"
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
What do the "bleeding drops of red" represent?
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Lincoln's assassination
O respect for the wounded
O America's patriotism
O the violence of war
Part B
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells:
Rise up for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores
a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
The arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
How does the figurative language in Part A affect the first stanza
of the poem?
o It shows the speaker's appreciation.
