O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman

Question 1

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Answer 1

• born in Long Island, New York

Question 2

O Captain! My Captain!

Answer 2

• Walt Whitman wrote this at the death of Abraham Lincoln, one of his heroes. It is an extended metaphor portraying the United States a as a ship on a long, arduous voyage and Lincoln as its captain

Question 3

in which line is Whitman speaking of Abraham Lincoln in his metaphorical poem “O Captain!” “My Captain!?”

Answer 3

• “O Captain ! My Captain!”