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O Captain! My Captain!. Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman. American essayist, poet Transcendentalist movement Rumored to have ha d dream night before Lincoln’s ass assination. O Captain! My Captain!. Elegy to Lincoln after assassination Lincoln=Captain Poem=extended metaphor
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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