LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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has had many dreams about the Captain.
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has only imagined that the Captain is dead.
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wishes the Captain’s death was not real
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realizes that the Captain has been sleeping.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The poem, which was highly popular, portrays Lincoln as the captain of a sea-worn ship-the Union triumphant after the American Civil War. While “The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, ” the Captain lies on the deck, “Fallen cold and dead.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Though the speaker calls out for him and wants to celebrate his victory, the captain is unable to answer, as he has died on his ship on the way home. The irony of the situation is that he managed to protect his ship in battle and return it home safe and sound, yet he is no longer alive to enjoy his victory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” was written as an elegy for the assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Whitman refers to him as “My Captain!” and compares him to a ship captain who does not live to see the victory finally attained and so long sought.
Detailed explanation-4: -His love for the captain strikes us as genuine. More importantly, his love makes this captain seem more human. He’s not just some talking head, a leader with whom we can’t connect. He’s a person who is loved and mourned by the speaker.