They have brought bouquets and wreaths with ribbon to give him a grand welcome. They are waving the flag and playing the bugle for him. The people have gathered to welcome their captain. The sailor calls the dead captain to rise up and hear the sound of the bells. Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills,įor you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding,įor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells The captain who was supposed to be welcomed grandly by the masses is now fallen on the deck, lifeless and cold. It looks like the speaker is utterly shocked, almost dumbstruck! He sees drops of blood on the ship. Is something bad going to happen? Advertisements It brings a sense of gloom and uncertainty. The two words ‘steady’ and ‘grim’ associated with the ship in the final line stand in sharp contrast to the exulting and celebratory mood of the people on the shore. It is ‘daring’ because it has not only survived many hardships but has also been successful in its mission. The ship is ‘grim’ because it has come back from a long hard voyage and has worn out.
They are staring at the steady ship (keel) coming to the harbour. People are all celebrating (exulting) in joy. While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, Have they won a game or even maybe a battle with a great outcome?
We are so far not sure what the prize actually is. The readers are informed about the grueling journey that the crew of this ship has gone through to bring home the prize they fought for. Here one must recognize the speaker of the poem. And it’s been a success they have won the prize they have been fighting for. It has survived (weathered) every storm (rack). The ship has returned home from a dreadful voyage. He wants to inform him that the ‘fearful trip’ is complete. The poem begins with the speaker addressing someone as his captain. The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, She lives in Cork with her husband and three school-going children.Invictus by William Ernest Henley( A Powerful life changing poem) Stanza – 1 She teaches English and has had creative work published in The Honest Ulsterman, The Blue Nib and Crossways. As a journalist, she has written for the Evening Echo and writes a weekly column on education in Ireland for the Irish Examiner entitled ‘The Secret Diary of an Irish Teacher’.
Jennifer Horgan is a teacher and journalist who has spent the last fifteen years in classrooms in Ireland and abroad. The book closes where it began, in considering the role of the teacher – what the parameters of that role should be in a classroom devoted to helping children find their own individual paths and encouraging them to tell their own stories. The writer believes that a removal of a rigid, academic approach to education would allow more time to discuss the physical and social realities of young people’s lives and bodies. In the later chapters the author places much focus on the importance of objective sex education in Irish schools, referring to rising rates of harassment and violence in our universities. There is a deep concern for social justice throughout. The book makes the claim that removing the stress and the singularity of the Leaving Cert could liberate Irish students. Our competitive drive in education is presented as yet another form of oppression in our country – following on from the abuses of the Church and colonialism. The author suggests a breakdown in this respect, linked to the classrooms of the past and a growing pressure on students to perform well in a market-run system. In the opening chapters the author considers attitudes towards teachers in Ireland. It suggests that our students and our broader society might be more fulfilled and safer as a result. It considers the type of learning that might happen in our classrooms without the demands of a single set of high-stakes exams. The book imagines what our education system might look like without the Leaving Cert and the CAO system. It aims to reach anyone interested in education, from teachers and academics to parents and young people. It is written in an engaging style that draws on personal experience as well as research. ‘O Captain, My Captain’ is a book about one teacher’s hope for change in the Irish education system.
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