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In the last stanza of "O Captain! My Captain!" how does the mood change?

But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
A.Whitman changes the mood of the poem from one of shocked sadness at the
death of the country's "Captain," President Lincoln to one of celebration that the
war is over.
B.Whitman changes the mood at the end of the poem from one of fearful gloom to
one of transcendent glory.
C.Whitman changes the mood of the poem from one of celebration to one of
shocked sadness at the death of the country's "Captain," President Lincoln.
D.Whitman changes the mood from one of celebration to one of bitterness of the
confederacy for rebelling against the Union and causing so much bloodshed.

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Answer:

Whitman changes the mood of the poem from one of celebration to one of

shocked sadness at the death of the country's "Captain," President Lincoln.

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Answer: C

Explanation: C.Whitman changes the mood of the poem from one of celebration to one of shocked sadness at the death of the country's "Captain," President Lincoln.

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