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help in the 2 questions!!
from the chapter : O Captain! My Captain​

Answer 1

The poem ends with the refrain, “fallen cold and dead.” How does this refrain contribute to the mood of the poem?

Answer - The refrain “fallen cold and dead” contrasts with the images of celebration of having returned the ship safely ad triumphantly to shore. While the mood in several of the stanzas is celebratory, describing “ribbon’d wreaths” and “exulting crowds,” each stanza ends with the starkly grim line: fallen cold and dead. This tension shows that, while the public is celebrating the ship’s triumphant return, the speaker is unable to celebrate because he is grieving deeply the loss of his captain.