O Captain! My Captain!

Read the first sentence (stanza one). What does exulting mean? Who is exulting, and where are they?

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who is the narrator of this poem? What is (his) mood in the first stanza? What evidence from the text supports your analysis and thinking?

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

In the second stanza, one phrase is repeated 5 times. What is it? Why do you think Whitman chose to repeat this phrase? What effect does it create?

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

If you had to describe this poem’s mood(s) with two adjectives, what would they be? Explain. If you had to go down to just a one word description of the overall mood, what one word would you pick? Why?

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5