Walt Whitman Flashcards
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What is “O Captain, My Captain” about?
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A great voyage has just successfully been completed (Civil War or Slavery or Both) but the occasion is bittersweet because the captain has died (Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination). - possible essay question
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What is “O captain, My Captain” about?
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It is a poem about the death of his friend, Abraham Lincoln