President Lincoln was in command of the Unions’ arm forces during the Civil War. Following that conflict, the Confederates was once again annexed to the Union. The country was once again at peace with Lincoln as the hero. But his victory was short live. In 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play with his wife and generals. Following his death, this country was once again at the age of depression, not from war, but from a loss of a great leader. During the age of President Lincoln, there was a poet that both admired and respect him. This man name is Walt Whitman. Whitman was always supportive of President Lincoln and was also involved with the Civil War. After the death of Lincoln, Whitman wrote a poem that expressed his grieves for the loss of his president. The poem was called, “O Captain! My Captain!” While Whitman’s poem, “O Captain! My Captain!” is literally about a ship’s captain dying at the end of this journey. I think it is really about the loss of President Lincoln after the Civil War because symbolism, imagery, and the tones.

This poem has plenty of symbols to choose from. Although they aren’t convention, they com

A poem can be interpreted in many different ways. There are also many factors that let the poem have different meaning. In Whitman’s poem, “O Captain! My Captain!” is literally about a ship’s captain dying at the end of the journey. But it is actually about the death of President Lincoln after the Civil War. President Lincoln was a great man and most citizens love and respect the man. When he was kill, many people didn’t know how to express themselves. “O Captain! My Captain!” became a poem that the American people can related to, because they were all going to the same situation. It tells people that thing do go bad in life, but at the end, everyone must go on living, like in the last verse of the poem. “Exult O shores, and ring O bells!/But I with mournful thread./Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.”

There are many tones in this poem. Certainly, anyone reader can see that this poem is in a sad tone. This man is grieving for losing his Captain. For a man to lose his mentor, a man that he’s truly respect, everyone would fell sorry for this man. Everytime Whitman mentions, “ Fallen cold and dead,” he wants people to grieve along with him. But grief and sadness aren’t the only feeling in this poem. Whitman is also describing a sense of happiness in this poem. In the poem, this sailor is happy about coming back into port. After spending time underway at sea, anyone will be happy just seeing land. On land people are rejoicing and there are joy everywhere. Bells are ringing and people are exculting. In Whitman’s mind, the Civil War was over, and he can stop worrying about his nation in struggle again. And that is a good enough reason for anyone to be happy. While all of rejoicing is going on, h

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