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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!

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O Captain My Captain Text Comparison with To an Athlete Dying Young

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  • Slide: 1
  • The nation is in the midst of celebrating Lincoln's Civil War victory when he dies.
  • Slide: 2
  • Negative images: pale, cold body and drops of blood
  • Slide: 3
  • Death is tragic: "O heart! heart! heart!"
  • Slide: 4
  • The townspeople are in the midst of celebrating the athlete's victory when he dies.
  • Slide: 5
  • Positive images: unwithered laurels and unchallenged cup
  • Slide: 6
  • Death is fortunate: "Now you will not swell the rout/Of lads that wore their honors out"

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