Question

The figures of speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out lines where the poet directly addresses:

(a) the dead captain:

(b) The grief in his heart:

(c) The sea shore:

Answer 1

a. 1. O Captain! My Captain! 

2. rise up and hear the bells.

b. 1. But O heart! heart! heart! 

2. O the bleeding drops of red.

c. 1. Exult, O shores and ring, 

2. O bells!