What is the theme of the poem "O Captain, My Captain"?

mourning the death of a great leader

remembering a father lost in battle

celebrating the return home of a captain from the sea

Look at the proofreading symbol. ^ What does this symbol mean? move a word to the previous line insert a letter or word capitalize a letter or word delete a letter or word

Which of these is the last step you should take when analyzing a poem? A. Look at the poetic devices B. Determine the theme. C. Paraphrase the poem. D. Determine the tone.

What is the independent clause in this sentence Before the nylon-bristled toothbrush was invented in 1938, toothbrush were commonly made from the coarse hairs on the back of a hog's neck.

Identify the error in this works-cited entry for a print article in a magazine with no author. "It Fell from the Sky." Business Week: 4 Mar, 2010. Pp 1-3.

Read the sentence. Everyone (in the lab) completed the experiment. Identify the phrase in bold. a.) adverb phrase b.) infinitive phrase c.) adjective phrase d.) gerund phrase

Why is the use of pathos more appropriate in Whitman's poem than in President Lincoln's speech? All the poems Whitman wrote use pathos. Whitman's poem is the emotional reaction to the death of Lincoln. For a poem to be good, it must use pathos.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A. "We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, I give up! I can't take anymore!" B. We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, "I give up! I can't take anymore"! C.

Read the excerpt from "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" by William Wordsworth. Use scansion to determine which two lines are written in iambic tetrameter.

What is a common way that an artifact is used at the beginning of a story? a. to establish a chronological order of the events in the story b. to give the reader clues as to whether the story is true c.

Why is the theme of a story important? 1 The theme is important for character development. 2 It moves the plot of the story. 3 It is the main idea or thought within the story. 4 It leads to the climax.