O Captain, My Captain

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Write a complete, well-developed paragraph.  Interpret the poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman.  Explain the poet's message and the figure of speech that most helped you understand the poets message.

Mr. L

[HAI LUN MEI]

            “O Captain, My Captain” by Walt Whitman is about President Lincoln at the end of the U.S civil war. But the poem not directs reference to Lincoln and America. The poem is using some Figurative language to finish; they are metaphor personality and synecdoche. The metaphor is use ship to compare the America and captain to compare Lincoln. It has three stanzas. First one about when the war is over, people are cheering, but the bad news is come that captain was dead. They feel sad, the news is hurt their heart. Poet calls”Captain, my captain”, it means the people who in the ship to express the feeling warm and loved to the captain. ”the ship has weather’s every rack, the prize we sought is worn” this sentence is using the synecdoche; it is the ship stand for a country.   Second one is describe the successful return of the scene is very spectacular. “Rise—up for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills”, and the poet call captain to father “Here, Captain! Dear father,” it means the people have more profound feeling to captain and they are closer to captain. “it is some dream that on the deck”here using the personality , the dream is not a person ,it does not have food to stand in the deck. Third one tell me the poet is hopeless and sorrowful. “My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still” this sentence using captain stand for Lincoln to clearly tell us, he was dead. The poem uses the metaphor to compare the president Lincoln in the Civil war. Lincoln control the America like the captain driving well. So, the poet through the poem to tell us the America win in the civil war, because of Lincoln is a good leadership.  And through the figurative language let me easier to know poet‘s feeling that he is very respect Lincoln and he feel grief for president’s dead.

[ZHAO FENG TUNG]

In the poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman, it used metaphor to communicate the message. This poem is describe what happened after the civil war ended and "O Captain, My Captain" is represent a leaders that who were sacrifice their life to protect their lovely nation. I think this stanza, "The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won", the ship is symbol as America, it was already pass after they brought a peace in the war. In the stanza, "The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting", it explain what happened after the civil war that they were cheerful and celebrated. "It is some dream that on the deck", it is a metaphor that meaning the american dream is in front of us and don't just look quick ahead and it will around you. In the last stanza, the "My Captain.........My father"  was represent President Lincoln is the hero of the war that he won the war but cant see the future.  The author using metaphor to telling the poem that made us feel the leader is pay out their soul to fight for freedom and peace. 

[JIA HUANG WEI]

        The poet can be classified as two part. The first part is written to cheer the acomplishment of Abraham Lincoln ,that he ends the slavery and second part is for sorrowing his death.   Walt Whitman rely on Matephor most often,for  example, he addressed Abraham Lincoln as the capital of ship ,this represent the president of the Unite State,and repetition is also uesd frequently like "O capital"  . In  first stanza ,Walt Whitman established a happy mood after Civil War ,Walt Whitman used matephor to describe the end of war as" our fearful trip is done " and how the country has "weathered every rack"  meaning American has overcome the misery. The mood is shifted in the second part because"my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.",the asssassination of  Abraham Lincoln absolutely hit hardly on Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman messages a mounful mood in the end of the poem as he eventually accepted the reality of Captain's dead, here are a somber imagery such as"his lips are pale and still"and people can picture Captain's body lying there motionless with" no pulse nor will". In last line Walt Whitman again repeted"Fallen cold and dead."

[ZHI YI ZHANG]

By reading the poem O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman, most common figurative language the author use it the methaphor. The message author try to communicate is ended of the civil war."Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is worn, " As i can see,the writter is use ship to symblizy the American.and it also tell that the victory of the war."But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red! Where on the deck my Captain lies. Fallen cold and dead." at here  captain is the leader of the ship, the prisident of US,Lincoln.This part if poem says the prisident Lincoin is dead."My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse or will; The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; "at this part i understand the war of US will finish now and American will be quite for while,without the war.

[YING ZHOU]

Mr.L

                           "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman 

Whitman refers the captain to Abraham Lincoln ,he admired Lincoln in deeply.It was Lincoln's death, that affected Whitman the most.The poet rely metaphor to described the poem ,such as Lincoln is the captain who has "fallen cold and dead,"have been assassinated after the Civil War had ended.The "fearful trip"is the Civil War."the prize we sought"is the preservation of the Union,it is the reason that the poet and Lincoln felt about for fighting the war."the ship"is the United States.The poet's grief is by lamentation of death and he celebrations of victory,he recognizes victory is something important for this country,we could see this message in the line (21)"Exult O shores, and ring O bells!" In the line (22)"But I, with mournful tread," this demonstrated he was a part in the  festivities.The poet also used repetition at the end of each stanza to emphasize his grief at the death of his captain.In the line (5) "But O heart! heart! heart!" clear shows the readers his moon."The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,"(line 2) is a sentence that created by using synecdoche."the ship"is the part to presented to the United State .

[WEN BIN CHEN]

         This poem was taking about U.S civil war. When the war end, President Lincoln dead. Walt Whitman use metaphor to take about it, the ship means USA and the captain means Lincoln."O Captain, My Captain" show us that the people on the ship was loved the captain and when he dead, they feel very sad. "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring"This one use the personification and metaphor to take about how greatness Lincoln was. In the sentence "Exult, O Shores!.....Fallen cold and dead." was taking about the feeling of the people when they knew Lincoln was dead. It use synecdoche to express the whole country.It show us how sad the people was.

[PANG YEN WU]

the poem "o captain, my captain"by Walt whitman.it use the methaphor in this poem like in the first stanza of it" O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, "the captain here repersent the Licoln which is the presdent of the united state. My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse or will;  this passage also is methaphor because  Liclon is not our father in the real life.For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; this 2 passage is hypoblely because the normaily people will not have these proudthings happen on us.

[JIA YIN HUANG]

The poem always used a lot of different kinds of figurative language to help readers easier to understand the poem. The poem “O Captain！ My Captain！” by Walt Whitman figurative language also used.  The poem is basing on the background of the U.S Civil War. The civil war is end. Walt Whitman relied on most often in the poem “O Captain! My Captain” is metaphor. Line 1 “our fearful trip is done.” Here is one example of metaphor. The poet compares the Civil War to the fearful trip, and this line tells us the civil war is done.  Line 4 “the vessel grim and daring:” Here is the example of the personification, reveals people’s feeling when the war almost done.  In second stanza line13 “Here Captain! Dear father!” here is the other example of the metaphor. President Lincoln likes the father of the country.  In people’s hearts Lincoln is great president just like a hero. Line 15 “It is some dream that on the deck.” This is the example of hyperbole. The dream is impossible on the deck this sentence represent the killer plans to kill the president. Line 20 “From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won” here is the example of metaphor and personification. The victor ship represents the country won in the civil war. The war is done but Lincoln also dead. In first and last stanzas,"Falen cold and dead."repeat again and again. This sentence reveals the president Lincoln was dead. All those figurative language used help me easier to understand the poem. The message of this poem is Lincoln is a great president and he also is a hero in the United States of America history. People all feel sad of Lincoln’s death.

[MING SHI ZOU]

         The poem " O captain, My captain"by Walt Whitman was written after Civil war . At that time the north want the liberation of the slaves, the South does not agree it.Then the civil war was happen in 1861.The U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinate after Civil war . The author use mataphor to write the poem to commemorate Lincoln. For example: the ship is a metaphor for the U.S.A., and the captain is a metaphor for president Lincoln. The fearful trip is a metaphor for the Civil War.The Civil war was won, "The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting" In this sentence, we know the people was celebrated the victory. But when people know the president Lincoln was dead, they all feel sad for this news. so the author write the poem O captain,My captain to mourn for lincoln. And Lincoln not them father, but the author use metaphor to describe Lincoln, it told us the people  how love lincoln.

[JIA HUI LI]

In the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"By Walt Whitman 。This poem is describe what happened after the civil war ended and this poem had give people a really sad feel。The author use the captain to describe the President Lincoln of the USA ，the ship is compare to  the whole American。The president Lincoln like the captain to bring the people to facing difficulties，to challenge in the sea。In the end they win ，but the unfortunately thing is the captain die。That is really sad。The captain Lincoln is a hero ，he died for the people。His people does not want he to die，they cry ，they still to calling him want to make him to wake up ！That poem had use a lot Figurative language，the most one is metaphor。For example one  in line 1 Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;this had compare the civil war is fearful，they hate it and feel affright about it。 Second one  is about hyperbole in line 9 O Captain! my Captain!rise up and hear the bells;The captain was die ，he ever never can‘t wake up 。Thir one is about Metonymy in line 5 But O heart!heart!heart! ，in this sentence author had show to us how sad people was ，the heart is the most important part of the human。

[YIWEN JIANG]

"O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman. The poem's background in the end of U.S civil war. The most important figurative language in this poem is metaphor, but it still have other figurative language. In this poem used the captain compare Lincoln. Personification is  gives human form of feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas and abstractions. In this poem is “While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; ” The boat does not have sentient, so it  cannot feels grim and daring, those are human's feeling. Hyperbole is the deliberate use of overstatement or exaggeration to achieve emphasis. In poem is "Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done. " Trip was fearful was exaggeration. Metaphor is most important figurative language. "Here, Captain! dear father! "and "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won." First sentence used captain and father to compare president Lincoln. Here used fearful trip to compare civil war and victor ship comes in with object won compare to end of the war and with good ending.

[XIN YANG]

        The poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman is written for  Abraham Lincoln  who is the president of America. There are many symbols in the  poem which could sent the poet's message to us. The ship symbolize America. The captain symbolize Lincoln. The fearful trip symbolize the unitication of America and the fighting of slavery. In order to reserved the union and liberated the slaves, Lincoln tried his best. And at last he united America and liberated the slaves. Many people was grateful to him. But the southern slaveholders who hated Lincoln very much assassinated him.Throughing this sentence, "For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning'', we knew how the people respect and love the president. The death of Lincoln make the poet and American felt sorrowful and mournful. Lincoln ended the Civil War, united the nation but sacrificed himself. He has gone but his spirit would be kept in our mind. We would never forget him.

[JUN HAO FENG]

    The poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman is written  based on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln after the North won the Civil war.  Throughout the poem, the poet used various figurative languages to communicate American's pride that they felt when slavery was abolished and their sorrow when the president was assassinated.  One of the figurative language used in the poem is metaphor.  In line 1 and 2, it says:"O Captain!  my Captain!  Our fearful trip is done;  The ship has weather'd every rack, the price we sought is won;"   The captain and the ship are Abraham Lincoln and the North; the fearful trip is describing the civil war.  During the Civil War, thousands of soldiers died and the river was stained with blood.  The casualty made the war fearful; however, Lincoln is like the lamp in the darkness that guides people to victory, the ending of slavery. Another figurative language used in the poem is the imagery.  In line 3, the poet used his word to give us a picture of how people cheers for one of the greatest leader returning after victory. Then, in line 10 and 11, it says:"Rise up -- for you the flag is flung -- for you the bugles trills;  For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths --  for you shores a - crowding"  The poet used synecoche and imagery here to describe the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.  It shows how important Lincoln is in American's heart and it shows the Americans gave Lincoln their deepest grief during his funeral.  Metaphor, imagery and synecdoche are three most helpful figurative language in the poem for me to understand the poet's message.

[KUNJUN JIANG]

The poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman is taking about the end of U.S. Civil War. The author is using personification，metaphor and synecdoche to write the poem. In the poem author use "Captain" to represent Lincoln. "the vessel grim and daring" it's a personification, it's the feeling of the ship. "our fearful trip is done" the war is end, we are home. "Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!" they won the war, people are celebrate the news. "Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead." Lincoln was dead, people are woeful. Lincoln is not only a president to them, he is also a hero. 

[MARISOL GERMAN]

"O captain,My captain"by Walt Whitman " is about how people honor and feel about the death of his captain at the end of the civil war.this poem is divided in two parts the first part talk about how people honor and cheer the goals of his captain and the second part talk like how they feel  about the death of his captain .  Walt Whitman use metaphor to help us understand the message of this poem some examples are "o captain,my captain our fearful trip is done" this mean that his goal was completed other example is "Here captain,dear father" he use this two words to referred to president Lincoln "my captain does not answer his lips are pale and still " this mean the the captain is death.

[CUI JIN LU]

 

 

               In the poem  "O captain, My captain"by Walt Whitman ,the author wrote the poem after Abraham Lincoln's assassination.This poem is about after Civil War ,the country is peace. The people feels sad and sweet,because the Civil War is over,but the people was saddened by Abraham Lincoln's death.The author use many figurative language to describe the poem.For example,The author use metaphor to describe the poem,"Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done",in here ,the captain is represented the Lincoln.And the poet use our fearful trip is done to compare the Civil War is over. "The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is worn" is synecdoche, the ship is represented the United States of America."It is some dream that on the deck", here the poet ues hyperbole,because how come the dream on the deck,the dream should be in the people's heart."Here, Captain! dear father!" its also is metaphor, dear father is represented the leader of this country.From these technique that the poet describe the poem,the poem tell some message about after the Civil War.Even though the war was over,but they still feel sad for the President of Abraham Lincoln ,he is the hero in the America,also in people's minds.

 

[YUWEI LIU]

                        The poem " O captain, My captain"by Walt Whitman is end of the war wrote. In this poem the author use metaphor to describe the situation at that time. In the poem captain is represent  Lincoln，He led everyone through a lot of twists and turns and difficulties. The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, this is Metaphor and     it mean their goal is necessary to be successful.  While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring, this is personification cause the ship are non-living it will not have any thinking. For you they call, the swaying mass, in this sentence we can know he is a good President. We can feel the people admired and loved him, but when he died those are very sad cause he is a very good President. Then we know this poem is write for Lincoln, to commemorate him to do everything for everyone. But the result is very pity,cause he was died.

[XIAOYAN ZHANG]

         The name of this poem is "O Captain! My Captain" by Walt Whitman. The message from this poem is it is written after the Civil War and it is talks about the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected  and became a president during the Civil War. During the Civil War, the U.S separated into two parts, north and south, and they fight to each other, after the Civil War, the south not seceded from the U.S, and Lincoln abolished the slavery, he is a hero in this country, he saved this country.  He assassinated by a person who was from the  south, he became one of the famous president in the U.S. After he died, everyone was  love and esteem him, everyone was sad about his death. He done a lot for this country and done less for himself. In this poem,  the author used many different kind of figure of speech to helped us to understand the poet's message. The first figure of speech is personification, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:" this line tells us the Civil War is end, they use the human been in a vessel to expresses their feeling, sad, grieved of Lincoln's death. The second figure of speech is metaphor, "O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;" they use Captain to represents Lincoln and the fearful trip  to represents the Civil War. This line tells us the Lincoln is the most important person during the Civil War, people during the Civil War is fear, horrible, disappoint . The third figure of speech is repetition,"But O heart! heart! heart!" repeated the word "heart" to expresses the author's strong feeling of Lincoln's death, and the author who is sad .

[SHAIMAA IBRAHIM]

             "O,Captain ,MY Captain " by Walt Whitman ,this poem was one of the most famous poems in U.S history during the Civil War . Walt Whitman used figurative language to make connection or to make his image so vivd and clear to the reader ,This poem about America when the President Lincoln got sucide and the poetry describes to us how Lincoln digged a place in U.S.A and he will be remarkable forever and everyone sorrow for Lincoln's death "O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done " first stanza ,line one it's a Metaphor he comparing Lincoln as a captain who lead them to a safe trip on his ship . Line 4 "The vessel grim and daring" using Personfication to personificate the ship as a person whose frightful and bravely .

"The ship is anchor'd safe and sound ,it's voyage closed and done " . Third stanza (line 19) he used Metaphor comparing Lincoln left his ship (America ) safe and fine .

"But I , with mournful tread " Third stanza shows us how depressed was the poetry by using Synecdoche .

The imagery and the Metaphoric language that Whitman use it to show us how was the funeral of Lincoln's death was so sad and also was helpful to understand the poet's love toward the President Lincoln .

[BERRIN VAROL]

O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman, is about Abraham Lincoln during the civil war in America.Right after the civil war Lincoln got killed and the people were very sad because of their presidents assassination. In this poem, poet used figurative languages to explain how sad they were,even in the title there is figurative language. What poet talks about in the title as a captain he uses metaphor to tell us that Lincholn was the captain, usually captains give directions and show the way that the others has to go.So poet compared captain to Lincoln because the people who lived in those days were thinking that Lincoln was directing them in the way and managing the country in the right way.Also poet used some metaphors in the poem, by saying fearful trip in the first line, I think he meant the the war and the ship that he was talking about in the second line is the country.Some other figurative languages that poet used in this poem is metonymy and he used this in line 17 by saying "his lips are pale and still", if someone's lips are pale and still that means that person is dead, and poet used metonymy to tell this to us.These were the some figurative languages that helped me to understand the message. I think the message is, we shouldn't forgot the leaders who are the heroes of their countries and always protect them like they did to your country.

[SAMANTHA SUAREZ NUNEZ]

O Catain,My Catain'' by Walt Whitman is about the President Abraham Lincon in the civil war in America. This author was the best and the famous author in the world. This poem shows how the people were suffering because of the president Abraham Lincon's death. He was a very good man and a brave man because he care about people.He was a type of man that he use to take care of the people he love and of course never live behind,your family.The poem shows that even though there was a lot of pleople who die in the war,Lincon never gave up and he stood up with his people to protect them.All this happen before he die.He did everything he wanted even though it was going to cost him his life.The Figurative Language that he used in this poem was hyperbole when it says bleeding and heart too i think that means the peoples heart that dont exist anymore because they are dead.