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Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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  • born in Long Island, New York
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O Captain! My Captain!

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  • Walt Whitman wrote this at the death of Abraham Lincoln, one of his heroes. It is an extended metaphor portraying the United States a as a ship on a long, arduous voyage and Lincoln as its captain
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in which line is Whitman speaking of Abraham Lincoln in his metaphorical poem “O Captain!” “My Captain!?”

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  • “O Captain ! My Captain!”

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