What effect is achieved by the repetition of the line "Fallen cold and dead" at the end of each of these stanzas? A) It undersco
res that hope can come from loss. B) It reinforces the central tragedy of the poem. C) It underlines a central incoherence of the poem. D) It causes the reader to think about how accidents can change history. This is the passage:
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:5 But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.
