Which answer best summarizes the poem and incorporates its theme? The poem describes examples of how a child rebels to convey the idea that mothers and their children grow apart over time. The poem lists physical and emotional similarities between a mother and child to prove mothers and their children often look and think alike. The speaker describes mistakes that her mother has overlooked to demonstrate that mothers believe their children can do no wrong. The speaker describes ways her mother helps her succeed to show that mothers often think of their children before themselves.

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explanation:

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.