Question

"Here captain! Dear father! This arm beneath your head!"
a) Why does the poet place his arm beneath the captain's head?
b) What was the prize won in the poem and why were the people 'exulting'?
c) Discuss the contrast mood on the shore to the mood on the ship?



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Answer 1

Answers are given below.

Explanation:

1. The poet places his arm beneath the captain's head to provide him comfort so that the captain can take rest without any inconvenience. This poem commemorates the ending period of the civil war.
2. The civil war was a time of conflicting emotions and people were torn between n hopes and despair so the end of the civil war was a greater victory ever.
3. The shore and ship had contrast moods as the shore tries to step them down but the ships kept on heading.