Question

. It was the second death I had known, and the sorrow of the first was still fresh in my
my heart. Whose deaths is the narrator talking about? Why was the sorrow
the first death still fresh in the narrator's heart? ​

Answer 1

Narrator is not able to bear the Captain's death as he has not yet recovered from the death of his father which happened in front of his eyes

Explanation:

The line is an excerpt from the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The narrator is having a bitter experience and has seen two days recently. The first death was of his father which brought him great sorrow. The captain died later and the narrator says that he is not able to bear another loss as he has not  yet recovered from the sorrow of the earlier death of his father.

Answer 2

Answer:

The narrator was talking about the the death of his father and captain. The sorrow of the first death was still fresh in his heart because he faced two sorrowful days of the death of his closest ones and the death of his father brought him great sorrow and grief.