About the poem old ironsides 1 what is this poem about? a a battle in which a ship sinks in a storm b a ship that survives a battle but is lost at sea c a battle in which the american flag is destroyed d a battleship that has reached the end of it’s career 2 what is the focus of the third stance a the speaker envisions a fitting end of the ship b the speaker drives away his memoirs of the ship c the speaker describes the ships last battle d the speaker remembers the storm that destroyed the ship

1. "Old Ironsides" is about a battleship that has reached the end of its career (D).

"Old Ironsides" is actually a tribute to the eighteenth century frigate USS Constitution. Thanks in part to the poem, the frigate was saved from commission and is the oldest commissioned ship still afloat.

2. The focus of the third stanza is that the speaker envisions a fitting end of the ship (A).

The third stanza suggest that if the USS Constitution must be decommisioned, that the rightful end would be a burial at sea.  

Know your limitations.

Explanation: Human beings are imperfect so we have to know our own limitations to prevent unsdesired events to happen.