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Poem Help?

The Poem, The Cremation of Sam McGee.. I needed some help with some questions. You can find the poem on here:
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/serv...

1.Why does the word "sooner" in the fourth line of the poem not recieve a capital?

2.Why had Sam McGee come to the Arctic?

3.Why was he unable to leave even though he hated it?

4.What character flaw causes his death?

5.Sam McGee used the idiom "I'll cash in I guess" What does he mean by this?

& Can you find synonym's for each of the following as used in the poem?
Heed(6th Stanza)
Tax(7th Stanza)
Lashed(7th Stanza)
Dumb(8th Stanza)
Please answer as many as you can, thank you in advance to everyone that answers SERIOUS answers.
So SERIOUS answers only PLEASE!
And thankyou!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

1. This is homework.
2. It's not even HARD homework! You don't need help with this! If you can read English, which you clearly can, then you can figure all of these out in about four minutes.