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O Captian! My Captian
Title: O Captian! My Captian
Category: Entertainment / Movies & Film
Details: Words: 422 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
O Captian! My Captian
“O Captain! My Captain”
The ability to move a great people is a virtue lacked by many leaders. Mourning the death of such a leader is an even great task. Abraham Lincoln was an exception. In “O Captain! My Captain”, Walt Whitman metaphorically uses the image of a Captain to depict the respect, loyalty and love he and his countrymen felt for Abraham Lincoln.
For a “Captain” to lead his “crew”, he must have the …showed first 75 words of 422 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 422 total…ring, O bells!” these are strong words, empowering words. Expressions that should be felt if a leader was great. If a follower feels moved by a dead leader and feels as if he should continue on that leader’s quest, than the leader has done a successful job.
Whitman accepts Lincoln’s death with dignity and sympathy for the nation. He uses sadness and happiness together gracefully while never losing the seriousness of the matter.
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