A boy with his burning ambition.In casabianca, by Felicia Dorothea Heman the author states that the flame lit the battles wreck, which shows the audience the significance of the battle. This seems to start the mood because by her starting it off this way the reader is able to catch the greatness of the fire as it lit up the entire place.
In the poem the boy stands strong on a burning deck keeping his post, waiting for every last instruction, and though he is just a boy he is proud of himself. As danger neared the boy never moved for he wanted the instruction that would tell him he could. He waits for his fathers signal and yet nothing came. He calls hopelessly to ask if his task in hand was finished and yet no response. He continued to stand with death nearing, for he won’t move unless told to. Again he signals for his father and again no response, the only problem is the boy doesn’t know that his father is unconscious. So as the boy stands strong, based on instruction, the flames from battle continue to close in. Once again the boy calls in hope for the return of his father’s voice giving him freedom. The fires eventually swallowed the ship with a loud noise and boy was gone.
In the last part of the poem the author does not clearly state that the boy is dead. Instead she askes where is he is and fallows that with a statement to ask the wind at sea. The very last set of lines is probably my favorite piece of the poem. It says, “With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, that well had borne their part, but the noblest thing which perished there was that young faithful heart.” I understood this last part as every man did their part but fled to safety but the hero of the poem is the boy and his faithful heart.
In the poem the boy stands strong on a burning deck keeping his post, waiting for every last instruction, and though he is just a boy he is proud of himself. As danger neared the boy never moved for he wanted the instruction that would tell him he could. He waits for his fathers signal and yet nothing came. He calls hopelessly to ask if his task in hand was finished and yet no response. He continued to stand with death nearing, for he won’t move unless told to. Again he signals for his father and again no response, the only problem is the boy doesn’t know that his father is unconscious. So as the boy stands strong, based on instruction, the flames from battle continue to close in. Once again the boy calls in hope for the return of his father’s voice giving him freedom. The fires eventually swallowed the ship with a loud noise and boy was gone.
In the last part of the poem the author does not clearly state that the boy is dead. Instead she askes where is he is and fallows that with a statement to ask the wind at sea. The very last set of lines is probably my favorite piece of the poem. It says, “With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, that well had borne their part, but the noblest thing which perished there was that young faithful heart.” I understood this last part as every man did their part but fled to safety but the hero of the poem is the boy and his faithful heart.
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