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O Captain! My Captain! (Whitman, Walt)


            "O Captain! My Captain" (Whitman, Walt).
            
             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 combined to form an allegory poem. This kind of poem is, " a description - usually narrative - in which persons, places, and things are employed in a continuous and consistent system of equivalents." "O Captain! My Captain!" is talking about a ship coming to the end of its journey. At this point, for some reason, the Captain was death. While outside, people are cheering the safe return of the ship. Inside the crews mourn the loss of their Captain. To further understand this poem, a background of Whitman have to be known. Since he was alive during the Civil War and this poem was written after the Civil War. The journey must be about the war between brother with the ship representing the nation.


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