Read these excerpts.
Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address."
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us - that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom- and that government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.
Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!".
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'd safe and sound, its voyage closed
and done;
How does "The Gettysburg Address" and "O Captain!
My Captain!" compare in their use of pathos (the use of
emotional appeals to affect the audience's feelings)?
ONeither the speech nor poem rely on the use of
pathos.
O Both the speech and poem are equal when it comes
to the use of pathos.
O The poem relies more on pathos than the speech
does.
The speech relies more on pathos than the poem
does.