Question

In one paragraph of at least three to five sentences, analyze the imagery in the stanza in bold. Identify the mood the author intended to create with this imagery, as well as the connotations used in the diction

Answer 1

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Answer 2

I understand that connotation means the 'feeling' in a word, and imagery means basically giving you a cear image but I honestly dont understand that poem...

Answer 3

Me either, It dont make sense to me. Thanks (:

Answer 4

ok, sorry...maybe looking around online?

Answer 5

I have been trying, just made me confused even more, no need to be sorry (:

Answer 6

No idea :/

Answer 7

Well, from what I can tell, the mood of the poem goes from one of relief, where there is joy in completing a - presumably - difficult voyage, to sudden dread and terror/disbelief, when we realize the captain is dead. As for words, well, we can break this stanza down quite well.

Answer 8

How would we do that?

Answer 9

One word that jumps out in the first part is 'weather'd' in line two. This shows that they were able to overcome obstacles and brings about a feeling of joy, relief, and triumph. Don't you feel that way when you hear the word?

Answer 10

In the next two lines, there is a sort of large, but subtle contrast in lines three and four. Line three, the people are 'exulting', giving a feeling of success and rejoicing. But the fourth line says the vessel is 'grim and daring' almost totally contrasting the delight. It can also show a foreshadow of the next event to come, and leads us right into it.

Answer 11

The last four sentences will probably go together. He exclaims 'Oh heart!' which is not at all specifically reference who's heart and is open to interpretation. It could be his heart, which has fallen in dread, or it could be the captains, who's lost his fight against death. Saying the word 'heart' thrice, in repetition, is a way of allowing the awe and surprise to sink into the reader's mind. Then there is the 'bleeding drops of red' which shows imagery, and then 'cold and dead' also allows the mood of dread and hopelessness to sink in

Answer 12

Does that help?

Answer 13

Yes! Thank you so much! (:

Answer 14

No problem :D