Номер 67, страница 117 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Miscellaneous. Unit 2. People and society - номер 67, страница 117.

Условие.

67. Listen to the poem ( 10), read it and learn by heart. What historic event does the poem refer¹ to?

The poem "O Captain! My Captain!" belongs to the pen of Walt Whitman, the famous American poet (1819–1892). When he published his first collection, "Leaves of Grass", in 1855, a distinctive American poetry was born. Whitman was very patriotic. His poetry combined broad ideas and personal experience. It broke with tradition (Whitman used free verse) and was attacked for its freedom. "O Captain! My Captain!" is dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman admired.

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

by Walt Whitman

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,²

While follow eyes the steady keel,³ 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.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up — for you the flag is flung⁴ — for you the bugle trills;⁵

For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding;

For you they call, the swaying⁶ mass, their eager faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head!

It is some dream that on the deck,

You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd¹ safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,²

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Решение.

Решение 2.

67. О каком историческом событии говорится в стихотворении?

Ответ:

The poem refers to the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, which occurred shortly after the end of the American Civil War.

Стихотворение повествует об убийстве президента США Авраама Линкольна, которое произошло вскоре после окончания Гражданской войны в США.