Need these questions answered from this poem 1.Does the poem spring from an identifiable moment?
2.Does the poem speak from a different culture? How do you know?
3.Does the poem have its own vernacular? If yes, then give example.
4.Does the poem use use imagery to achieve a particular effect? Give an example.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

why does the crew join ahab's quest without hesitation?