O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman.

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O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman American essayist, poet Transcendentalist movement Rumored to have had dream night before Lincoln’s assassination

O Captain! My Captain! Elegy to Lincoln after assassination Lincoln=Captain Poem=extended metaphor Written in 1865--relation to end of Civil War?

As You Read: Keep in mind the extended metaphor of the poem. Try to determine what the following specific metaphors represent: Fearful trip Ship (hint: think big picture…what is the “vessel” that is moving forward?) Prize Port Shores a-crowding Object won Determine SOAPSTone for the poem

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