Please help!! (Worth 30 points)
Read the poem, "O Captain! My Captain!" and then answer the questions
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weatherād 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.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise upāfor you the flag is flungāfor you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbonād wreathsāfor 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,
Youāve 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 anchorād 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.
1. What do ābellsā and ābouquets and ribbonād wreathsā represent in the poem? (What event is taking place?)
2. Give two examples of alliteration in the poem. Quote the poem and explain what is alliterative about each line or phrase.