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4.3 O Captain! My Captain! — My English Coursebook STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardSemi English MediumSTD 10My English Coursebook4.3 O Captain! My Captain!5 Marks
Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether the following statements are True or False: (2)
(1) According to the speaker, his captain's death feels like horrible dream.
(2) The people are cheering because the voyage of the ship is successful.

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.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Find and answer in your own words: (2)
(1) What are the signs that show the people are celebrating victory ?
(2) Why was the crowd on the shore eagerly waiting to felicitate their captain?
A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
Find from the extract one example of each of the following figure of speech : (1)
(1) Personification -
(2) Tautology -
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Answer

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) True 
(2) True

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) The bells are ringing when the victorious ship is near. The flag is flung. The bugle is playing loudly. People are crowding along the shores. They are rejoicing. They have come with bouquets and ribboned garlands to welcome their victorious Captain. These signs show that the people are celebrating victory.
(2) As the people saw the ship very close to the port, they felt that their captain is back. So they started shouting and enjoying to welcome their king. They wanted to felicitate their king for his great victory in the Civil War.

A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
(1) Personification -O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done.
(2) Tautology - Where on the deck my Captain lies, fallen cold and dead.

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(1) We should not get angry - when others blame us
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Fill in the blanks: (2)
(1) The poet steps __________ and __________ on the deck.
(2) It is like __________ the Captain is fallen on the deck cold and dead.

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;
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         You've fallen cold and dead.
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My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
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  Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
     But I, with mournful tread,
        Walk the deck my Captain lies,
           Fallen cold and dead.


A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Find out the line/lines from the extract as 'a proof' for the following: (2)
(1) The speaker calls out to the Captain to rise up and join in the celebration of the end of the war.
(2) The Captain is felicitated for the victory in the war.
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Find from the extract one example each of the following :(1)
(1) Tautology - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still.
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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.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
  Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
     But I, with mournful tread,
        Walk the deck my Captain lies,
           Fallen cold and dead.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following: (2)
(1) Captain does not feel anything because _______________.
(2) The ship is anchored _______________.
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Complete the following choosing from the alternatives: (1)
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