What are sephy's feelings that are making her write the letter ?

What does the first line in this stanza from old ironsides by oliver wendell holmes tell the reader about the ship

3. what is the purpose of a lead sentence or paragraph? to display your most convincing reasons and arguments to you revise the overall structure of your work to interest readers and introduce your writing style to add details and elaborate on your ideas

Explain the process of conflict resolution in the plot line of the story