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;
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)?
Neither the speech nor poem rely on the use of
pathos.
Both the speech and poem are equal when it comes
to the use of pathos.
The poem relies more on pathos than the speech
does.
O The speech relies more on pathos than the poem
does.