While reading this poem, barry recorded his thoughts and reactions. which reaction is best supported by the ideas and details in this poem? a) the speaker has great respect for the ship, old ironsides. b) the speaker wants to be buried on the ship, old ironsides. c) the speaker is greatly disappointed by the ship, old ironsides. d) the speaker is fearful that a storm will destroy the ship, old ironsides.

Answer :

The following reaction is best suited by the ideas and details in this poem :

A) The speaker has great respect for the ship, Old Ironsides.

Oliver Wendell Holmes describes "Old Ironsides" as the ship that played a great role in American history. He describes the ship as a symbol of America's freedom. He does not agree with the dishonorable idea of condemning the great ship, USS Constitutioni, to be scraped. He proposes the government to let the ship sink in the ocean with dignity and honor.

The following lines from the poem support this argument :

"O, better that her shattered hulk  

  Should sink beneath the wave;  

Her thunders shook the mighty deep,  

  And there should be her grave;  

Nail to the mast her holy flag,  

  Set every thread-bare sail,  

And give her to the god of storms,—  

  The lightning and the gale! "

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.