In the extended metaphor in the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" the "prize" the speaker says has been won is the civil war, as stated in option B.
<h3>What is the "prize" in the poem?</h3>
The poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman is an extended metaphor about the civil war in the United States and the death of President Lincoln.
Lincoln is the captain to whom the speaker refers. When the speaker mentions the "prize we sought," he is talking of the victory of the Union in the civil war. Lincoln died before he could see that victory.
With the information above in mind, we can choose option B as the correct answer.
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Answer:
Gandhi likely agrees with passive resistance as the text states, “The consequence is not the progress of a nation but its decline …. No country has ever become, or will ever become, happy through victory in war. A nation does not rise that way; it only falls further. In fact, what comes to it is defeat, not victory. And if, perchance, either our act or our purpose was ill-conceived, it brings disaster to both belligerents.”
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