Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" is an elegy on
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A.
John F, Kennedy
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B.
Abraham Lincoin
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C.
Boswell
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D.
His father
Correct Answer:
B. Abraham Lincoin
Explanation:
The correct answer is Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman’s famous poem "O Captain! My Captain!" is a mournful elegy written in 1865 to commemorate the death of the 16th U.S. President. The poem uses the metaphor of a ship’s captain who has died just as the vessel reaches the harbor to represent Lincoln's assassination shortly after the Union’s victory in the American Civil War. Through this work, Whitman expresses both personal grief and a collective sense of national loss.
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