O Captain! My Captain! Text Comparison
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O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Lesson Plans by Bridget Baudinet
Walt Whitman’s 1865 poem “O Captain! My Captain!” is one of the best-known American poems of the 19th century. In addition to learning about elegy and extended metaphor, students will be able to analyze Whitman’s sound devices, diction, and unique poetic structure.
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O Captain My Captain Text Comparison with To an Athlete Dying Young
Storyboard Text
- O Captain! My Captain!
- EVENTS
- IMPORTANT IMAGES
- THEME
- To an Athlete Dying Young
- The nation is in the midst of celebrating Lincoln's Civil War victory when he dies.
- Negative images: pale, cold body and drops of blood
- Death is tragic: "O heart! heart! heart!"
- The townspeople are in the midst of celebrating the athlete's victory when he dies.
- Positive images: unwithered laurels and unchallenged cup
- Death is fortunate: "Now you will not swell the rout/Of lads that wore their honors out"
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