Question

3)"My father does not feel my arm"-
a)Who is the speaker and who is referred as
'father'?(1+1)
b)Why does the speaker call him as 'father'?
(2)
c) How far the poem 'O captain!My captain'
is successful as an elegy?(2)​

Answer 1

(a)the speaker is the sailor and the father refferd to here is the captain

(b)to show the bond between the speaker and the dead man which is so deep that the line is blurred between the leader and the family