Read the following excerpt from “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman. Which line suggests a grieving person calling out to a
loved one or a respected leader? 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!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
a.) O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells
b.) For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
The correct answer is B) For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding.
The line that suggests a grieving person calling out to a loved one or a respected leader is "For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding."
The poem “O Captain! My Captain!” was written by Walt Whitman in 1865, and it refers to the death of United States President Abraham Lincoln. It was included in a collection of poems about the American Civil War called "Sequel to Drum-Taps." The poem is a mourning one that pretends to honor and shows respect to the life of Lincoln.
