Balbharati solutions for English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board chapter 4.3 - O Captain ! My Captain ! [Latest edition]

Discuss the following with your classmates.

1. What are the important games played in your school?
2. Who are the captains of the various team-games? Name them.
3. What is the role played by a team-games captain? What are his/her responsibilities?
4. What is the role of a Captain of a ship? What are the responsibilities of a Captain of a ship?

In pairs find as many meaningful words as you can from the following grid within five minutes. You can find words horizontally and vertically. (Hint: The words are related to battles or battle-ships.) For example, the soldier

Achievement Scale.

What is the location of the battle ship?

How are the people waiting to welcome the captain of the ship?

Why is the speaker filled with grief?

In what state does the captain lie on the deck?

Pick out from the poem all words related to ‘Ship’. Make a list of them in a Word Register.

1. Port
2. ................
3. ................
4. ................
5. ................
6. ................
7. anchored
8. ................

The Captain lies on the deck ______.

The Captain doesn’t answer as ______.

Captain does not feel anything ______.

The bugle and flag are ______.

The poem has a direct reference to the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln on 15^th April, 1865, after the Civil War was won. Match the symbols/images in Column A with what they refer to, in Column B.

The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the dead Captain

1. .....................
2. .....................

The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the grief in his heart

1. ......................
2. ......................

The Figure of Speech ‘ Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the sea-shore

1. ......................
2. ......................

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Personification

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Alliteration

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Repetition

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Exclamation

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Tautology

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Antithesis

What are the signs of the people celebrating victory?

The crowds on the shore are eagerly waiting to felicitate the Captain. How?

What are the signs that the Captain has passed away?

‘.....dear father! This arm beneath your head...’ Why do you think the speaker in the poem puts his arm under the Captain’s head?

Describe the grief that the speaker in the poem feels at the death of his Captain.

Glance through the poem again to find who the speaker addresses in the first two stanzas and the last stanza.

Fill the qualities in the diagram given below.

1. courage
2. naval expert
3. integrity
4. visionary
5. confidence
6. humane
7. self-disciplined
8. sympathetic
9. leadership
10. foresight
11. knowledge of weather signs
12. positive attitude
13. role -model
14. selfless service
15. good administrator

The rhyme-scheme of the poem is ______.

The line repeated in every stanza ______.

The steady rhythm in the poem consists of a pattern of ______ beats.

In the ______ stanza the speaker does not address the captain.

The type of poem is ______ because it is composed in memory of a passed away personality.

The feeling of grief and pain of the speaker in this poem are comparable to those of a great Maratha leader, inspite of winning the battle at a fort in Maharashtra. Guess who the great Maratha leader was and the Captain who was killed in the battle. Write down other basic historical facts of the above.

The poem describes the sad demise of the Captain. How would you console the son of the Captain? Write a short paragraph using the points given below.

1. Expressing grief on the death.
2. An act of God.
3. Words/sentences giving strengths and courage to face the situation.
4. Add your own points.

Read the poem. Write an appreciation of the poem in about 12 to 15 sentences.