The author uses dramatic irony, when the
reader has information that at least some
of the characters are unaware of, which
affects the way the audience reacts to the
plot, in this poem. Why is it ironic that the
crowds are celebrating?
(from O’captain my captain poem by Walt Whitman)

А) The war has ended

B) Lincoln has died

C) There is a parade taking place

D) Their captain has gone back out to
Sea