O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman

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O Captain! My Captain! is a poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865. The poem is classified as an elegy because it is a mourning poem that was written in the memory of someone. The poem was written to honor Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Walt Whitman was born in 1819 and died in 1892, so he lived through the American Civil War. Being born close to the founding of the country, he knew people that were a part of the American Revolution. Through this he experienced the unification and division of the United States. Walt Whitman was extremely patriotic and wrote many poems about the prominence of America. He also wrote poems about urging people to fight for what is right. • O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman was published in 1865 and is in the public domain. This audio was recorded by LearnOutLoud.com and is narrated by Antonia Bath. Copyright © 2007 LearnOutLoud, Inc. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned. • O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This is part of our audio book Introduction to Poetry. Download this audio book on MP3 for free on LearnOutLoud.com: https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Aud...

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