Question

Which lines from Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" belong to the praise stage of the elegy?

Answer 1

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Answer 2

The above answer is indeed correct.

Explanation:

→During lament, the speaker is recently hearing or witnessing the death of a person. Here, they are distraught.

→During praise, the speaker is more understanding to what has happened, but is not completely content. Here, they may try to figure out the cause of the death.

→Lastly, during consolation, the speaker is more silenced or has finally accepted that the person has died.

Also, you can see that this was the middle option, as praise is the middle stage of an elegy.

I hope that this helps

~Kicho [nm68]