O Captain! My Captain

O skipper ! My school principalmaster !
by Walt Whitman

O professional ! my Captain ! our dire trip is done,
The institutionalise was weathered each rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people every last(predicate) exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel nauseated and daring;
But O mall ! heart ! heart !
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
travel cold and dead.

O Captain ! my Captain ! Rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up -- For you the flag is flung -- For you the bugle trills,
For the bouquets and ribbond wreaths -- For you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their keen faces turning;
Here Captain ! Dear Father !
This encircle beneath your head !
It is some dream that on the deck,
Youve fall cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, His lips are pale and still,
My get down does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The get off is anchord safe and sound, it voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the captain ship comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells !
But I with mournful tread,
walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.





Walt Whitman is trying to convey that in this poesy Abraham Lincoln had already been shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth when he wrote this. The nation is in turmoil, because they dont know what to do.
Walt Whitman wrote the poem after Abraham Lincolns assassination. repeat metaphorical references are made to this issue throughout the verse. The ship spoken of is intended to represent the United States of America, while its fearful trip recalls the troubles of the American Civil War. The title role Captain is Lincoln himself.

With a conventional meter and rhyme avoidance that is unusual for Whitman, it was the only poem anthologized during Whitmans lifetime. Many articles of the time utter that Whitman was planning to change his writing style, and after reading this poem, they were floor with...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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