REVISE – O Captain! My Captain! #647822 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

STEP 5 Think further and prepare for your test: Whitman and Lincoln

Read the text and decide if the statements are true or false. Then look at the prompts in brackets and write some extra reflections in your exercise book. You can use the final text as revision material for your test.

A:

Whitman fought in the Civil War after his brother was injured.

B:

Whitman and Lincoln regularly met in Washington.

C:

Whitman admired Lincoln partly because of his connection with ordinary people.

D:

Both Whitman and Lincoln believed in the importance of uniting the Northern and Southern states.

E:

O Captain! My Captain! expresses Whitman's own grief even if he never spoke to Lincoln.

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Vero o falso

STEP 2 Understanding the voyage

The poem is built on the extended metaphor of the voyage. Match each phase of the voyage to its historical meaning. Write the correct letters (A-C) in the gaps.

1 The departure of the ship ________
2 The dangerous voyage at sea ________
3 The return to the port and the Captain's death ________

A The end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
B The beginning of Lincoln's political leadership and the outbreak of the Civil War
C The years of war, difficulty, and national struggle

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Completamento aperto

STEP 1 A modern rewriting

Read the text and complete it with the words given.

I remain focused on the Captain. Everywhere I look there is ________, but I cannot ________ to it in the same way. There is a constant ________ between what is happening publicly and what I am experiencing privately. In my state of ________, I try telling him to stand, to ________ the people's joy, not wanting to believe that he will never wake up. But he does not answer me, nor does he open his eyes. We won, but we also learnt the meaning of ________.

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Posizionamento

STEP 4 Focus on the Captain

Read the statements and choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1 The Captain is to be read as ________.
2 The Captain has managed to ________.
3 The Captain's death is ________.
4 The speaker feels ________.

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Completamento chiuso

STEP 3 Analyse the structure

Read the statements and select the ones that correctly describe the structure of the poem.

A:

The structure of the poem is an example of Whitman's more experimental style.

B:

The poem uses ballad features like refrains and musical rhythm.

C:

The repeated stanza structure suggests that the speaker's emotional state remains unchanged.

D:

The alternation between celebration and mourning is conveyed through the use of longer and shorter lines.

E:

The layout reflects a progression from disbelief to acceptance.

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Scelta multipla