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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
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A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: (2)
(1) Stanza II portrays how people celebrate the triumph of the ship and their leader.
(2) The poet refers to the fallen Captain as 'Father'-the father of nation.
(3) Stanza III expresses the poet's profound sorrow for President Lincoln's death.
(4) The poet is celebrating victory. with the people of his country with joy.

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:
The poem has a direct reference to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on 15th April, 1865, after the Civil War was won. Match the symbols/images in Column 'A' with what they refer to, in Column 'B'. (2)

Column 'A'Column 'B'
 (1) the ship (a) celebrating victor
 (2) the fearful (trip/ voyage) (b) the President of USA
 (3) the port (c) United States of America
 (4) the bells (ringing) (d) the deadly Civil War

A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
Find from the extract one example each of the following :(2)
(1) Alliteration -
(2) Antithesis -

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Answer

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) Agree
(2) Agree
(3) Agree
(4) Disagree

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) the ship - United States of America
(2) the fearful (trip/voyage) - the deadly Civil War
(3) the port - peace after winning the war
(4) the bells (ringing) - celebrating victor

A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
(1) Alliteration -The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done.
(2) Exclamation - Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

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