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The year this poem was written is 1865, right after Lincoln's assassination. Then the Captain must be related to President Lincoln. Also, on the ship, the Captain is the most respect and important person. Since the ship is the symbol for the nation, the President is the most respect and important person. The voyage was over and the Captain was death, so was the war and the Commander in Chief was death. Both the Captain and President Lincoln will never be able to enjoy the accomplishment they work so hard to accomplished. The newly-freed slaves might related themselves to the journey that just ended. To them the journey was so harsh that when it was all over, it felt like being on land after being at sea for so long at sea. But most people is grieving because they just lost the most important person in their lives. Also, as seen in the title and throughout the poem, the letter "O" were used numerous time. In a sense, the "O" is not actually the letter O. It could, instead, be the number zero. Since zero is equal to nothing, or more important, non-existent. The usages of the zero means that everything it was describing no longer exist. .
Imagery plays an important role in understanding this poem. Whitman was using a lot of visual imageries to described the everything that was taken place. In the poem, the sailor was describing the surrounding to his death Captain. "O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells;/ Rise up for you the flag is flung- for you the bugle trills;/ For you bouquets and ribbon's wreaths. For you the shores a - crowding,/ For you they call, the swaying, their eager face turning." In this verse, the sailor is trying to wake u hi Captain. He is doing this by describing everything that is going the pier. All of the activities on the pier is the result of the Captain's success. In reality, Whitman was trying to compare the poem to his situation. In a way, Whitman was trying to wake up Lincoln, so he can enjoy all of his accomplishments.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, a great poet, is said to be one of the best poets of his time. ... In this writing I will try and explain Whitman's passion in my own words. Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman grew up in poverty. ... Lincoln's death also helped him write some of his poems like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O"Captain My Captain". ...
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, a great poet, is said to be one of the best poets of his time. ... In this writing I will try and explain Whitman's passion in my own words. Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman grew up in poverty. ... Lincoln's death also helped him write some of his poems like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O"Captain My Captain". ...
The sequel to the "Drum Taps" collection ("Sequel to Drum Taps") contains the famous eulogy on the Civil War president Abraham Lincoln; "O Captain! My Captain!". "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead." ... We too take ship, O soul!"). ...
Inspired by President Abraham Lincoln Whitman wrote, " O Captain My Captain" and writers responded by writing " I have found his poem exhilarating and encouraging" (Thoreau 540). ... "Whitman, Walt." ... Walt Whitman: Selected Poems. ... "Whitman, Walt." ... " Walt, Whitman." ...
But one of these poets emerges from this group of people; an influential poet of the 19th century was Walt Whitman, author of the famous poems, "Leaves of Grass," and "O Captain, My Captain.... For many of his poems, such has, O Captain, My Captain, he writes in a dark, mourning tone in his poems, for example, "Fallen Cold and Dead" (Poetry Foundation 1). As in the poem O Captain, My Captain, he writes the poem in a very interesting manner. ... This poem, O Captain, My Captain, may seem that it is written in free-verse, but in each stanza, the first line rhymes with t...
Biography of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the West Hills of Long Island, New York. ... Young Walt, the second of nine, was withdrawn from public school at the age of eleven to help support the family. ... The opening paragraph of his self-evaluation "A Backward Glance O"er Travel"d Road", begins with his reminiscences of "the best of songs heard". ... "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" and "O Captain! My Captain!" ...
1. "Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary (Whitman 38) ." This line expresses Walt Whitman's philosophy on life and is an almost perfect description of the poet. He was a man, who in his poetry, expressed independence, interde...
All the characteristics of this movement, specially the celebration of the individual, of the new creations and thinks, formed the most important author of the 19th century : WALT WHITMAN . ... In 1833, his family moved, leaving Walt Whitman alone in the big city as a child, because he was only fourteen years old. ... Whitman's next career was that of a teacher. ... Still, Whitman decided to become a Fiction writer. ... I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book i...