O Captain! My Captain
by Walt Whitman
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Figurative Language
"the vessel grim and daring" - Line 4
Type: Personification
The poet wants to bring out the gigantic size of the boat by using "grim" and "daring".
"Fallen cold and dead"
Type: Hyperbole
The poet wants to use the captain's death to invoke a feeling of grief to the readers.
This is a simple but interesting poem. It invokes sufficient feelings to the readers such that they understand what the poet is thinking of.
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/walt_whitman/poems/17466
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