What is the extended metaphor in the poem O Captain My Captain?
The entire poem is an extended metaphor, or figurative language that implies comparison between seemingly unlike things, for the United States after the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. In the metaphor, the captain is Lincoln, the voyage is the war and the ship is the United States.
What trip is literally and figuratively being referred to here?
This image of the ship sailing into the safe harbor is the literal reading of the poem. The ship which has gone through those difficult conditions represents the United States, which has gone through the turmoil of the Civil War, while the Captain refers to President Lincoln, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Who does the captain represent in the poem?
Whitman, too, has enriched this poem, using following literary devices. Metaphor: There are three extended metaphors in the poem. The first extended metaphor is “Captain,” used in the first line that runs throughout the poem. Here Captain represents Abraham Lincoln who loses his life in the battle.
What is the meaning of weathered every rack?
In this phrase: “… weather’d every rack…” Walt Whitman is talking about how the ship has survived every hardship, every gust of wind, every dangerous happening. The ship is representing the American people, the whole nation.
What means USS?
United States Ship
What is meant by the ship is anchor d safe and sound?
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; The ship finally arrives safely in the harbor and drops its anchor. Its trip is done. The speaker reminds us that the trip was difficult and dangerous, but the mission was a success.
Why is there rejoicing at the same time the captain of the ship has died?
The Ship. The extended metaphor in “O Captain! Tragically, however, the speaker reveals that the captain lies dead on the deck of the ship while the city rejoices—a metaphor for recent events, since President Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 and was unable to celebrate his victory.
What consequences had the ship come upon?
What consequence had the ship come upon? Great stress.
How does O Captain My Captain relate to Dead Poets Society?
His performance as John Keating, an influential and empowering high school teacher, in 1989’s “Dead Poets Society” stood out among the rest. The scene in which his students recite “O Captain! My Captain,” an homage to Walt Whitman’s poem, has become an indelible part of pop culture.