Question

Does the poet also rejoice with the people? Why / why not? Substantiate your answer, quoting lines from the poem.​ poem name . o captain! my captain!​

Answer 1

Answer:

No, the poet doesn't rejoice with the people because he was not happy with the death of the captain which also felt like a dream for the poet.

Exult O Shores, and ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread ,

Walk the deck my captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Explanation:

After looking at the Abraham Lincoln (captain), fallen cold and dead, Walt whitman wasn't at all happy because of which couldnt rejoice with the people.

The lines for the same are taken from the poem.

Answer 2

Answer:

No the poet doesn't rejoice with the people because it seems to the poet as dream that his captain was lying cold and dead on the deck.

Exult O shores, and Ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.