AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Walt Whitman
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Abraham Lincoln
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Jefferson Davis
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Robert E. Lee
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abraham Lincoln is being compared to the captain. Yes, because a captain is head of the ship and Lincoln was the president head of the US.
Detailed explanation-2: -“O Captain! My Captain!” is an elegy written by Walt Whitman in 1865 to commemorate the death of President Abraham Lincoln. It was first published in Sequel to Drum-Taps (1865), a collection of Whitman’s poems inspired by the events of the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Walt Whitman wrote “O Captain, My Captain!” as a dedication to Abraham Lincoln. Although it seems like it is just a poem about a sea captain who dies at the end of a victorious voyage, it really refers to Lincoln ‘s untimely death shortly after his victory in the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walter Whitman, Abraham Lincoln is referred to as the captain because he was a President who steered the country through turbulent times. A captain of a ship leads the ship, and a president of a country leads the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -Walt Whitman wrote “Oh Captain! My Captain!” to honor Abraham Lincoln after the President was assassinated in 1865.