Question

What is grim and daring and why is expression significant​

Answer 1

Answer:

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; Note how the scene is created: the ship is near port and the people are all celebrating and exulting. They are all watching the "steady keel" of the boat, that is described as "grim and daring" because of its exploits in warfare

Explanation:

In the first line of Whitman's work, the speaker says that he and his captain reached the end of the “fearful trip,” which is reference to the Civil War. In the second and third stanzas, the speaker refers to Lincoln as his father, as though the late president's efforts had brought the country together as a family.