Which of the following is the correct title of the poem that begins, “The boy stood on the burning deck”?

“Casabianca” was a poem by the English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835). The poem is best recognised by its opening line, "The boy stood on the burning deck".

First published in August 1826, the poem “Casabianca” (also known as “The Boy stood on the Burning Deck”) depicts Captain Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca and his young 12/13-year-old son, Giocante, who both perished aboard the ship “L’ Orient” (flagship of the French fleet) during the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798. Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British navy destroyed the French fleet in Aboukir Bay, a bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir.

Casabianca fought heroically until his death. During the course of battle, he ordered Giocante, his young son who accompanied him, to remain in a section of the ship until he called for him.

Although the ship was on fire, the boy, who did not know that his father was no longer alive, refused to leave his post without receiving his orders. After the fire reached the gunpowder section, the ship exploded; the child perished, along with the other crewmen.

The poem is a tribute to the spirit and unflinching moral fortitude of a young boy.