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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 5 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which term describes the poem's repeated use of the phrases "O Captain! My Captain!" (lines 1 and 9) and "fallen cold and dead" (lines 8, 16, and 24)?
2. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
3. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
4. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?
5. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?
Short Essay Questions
1. What elements of the poem's diction establish a warm and personal relationship between the speaker and the captain?
2. Describe the form of "O Captain! My Captain!"
3. What evidence is there that the speaker is struggling to understand and process the captain's death?
4. What ironic contrast do the poem's images highlight?
5. Explain the allegorical nature of the poem's central conceit.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Go online and read Whitman's poem "Each Has His Grief." Then, write an essay in which you compare and contrast messages about death and the isolating nature of grief in this poem and in "O Captain! My Captain!" Use quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems in support of your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Go online and read Whitman's poem "When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d." This poem was also written to memorialize President Lincoln. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the themes of this poem and that of "O Captain! My Captain!" Support your assertions about each poem's theme with evidence from the text of both poems.
Essay Topic 3
Go online and read Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Autumn: A Dirge." Write an essay comparing and contrasting the mournful and song-like features of this poem with those in "O Captain! My Captain!" Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems in defense of your observations.
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