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Walt Whitman
(1819-1892 / New York / United States)
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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; 10
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; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


Walt Whitman

Submitted Date Tuesday, December 31, 2002



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Chris Pike (2/7/2012 10:20:00 AM)
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this peom is stupid i dont like it whatsoever
Alicia Private (2/3/2012 10:21:00 AM)
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have to recite it in school but it is alright kinda sad though
Marc T. (1/26/2012 7:19:00 AM)
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Brings back memories of my grade school years at San Beda College.
Selena Rocks (5/5/2011 12:26:00 AM)
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I love this poem! ! I memorize it because it has a lot of emotion! It is one of my favorites :)
Brandy Workman (1/7/2011 11:34:00 PM)
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Greatest Elegy ever written! ! !
Rose de Ramar (7/31/2010 7:43:00 AM)
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Oh, this is really one of my favorites. The emotions are so strong that I'm always in tears everytime I read this.
The 4am Poet Worm (7/2/2010 9:36:00 PM)
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my first whitman poem... i watched the notebook recently and his name was mentioned... can someone recomend theyre favourite poem of his pleeeease....
Juan Olivarez (7/2/2010 9:48:00 AM)
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This is one of only a handful of poems by Whitman that I actually like. This deals with the death of our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. Whitman actually wrote a few of these including ' When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd' and 'This Dust Was Once The Man'. O Captain My Captain has always been my favorite whitman work, maybe because he actually tried to rhyme it.
Joey Valenzuela (7/2/2010 2:49:00 AM)
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wtf...

what are these people sayin here...

Andre Jose Surigao: this poem does have rhyme....and meter....you are talking about your errouneous things....

Matthew Kang: you're talkin too much.....can't you just state there what is that fuckin similarities you're talkin 'bout? .....
Ramesh T A (7/2/2010 2:13:00 AM)
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Wonderful poem about the successful journey of a ship with captain's efforts till death is very well depicted here!
 

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