"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman

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Apr 20, 20182:51Arts

Probably the most well-known poem by Walt Whitman, "O Captain! My Captain!" is a moving metaphor for President Abraham Lincoln's leadership of the country during the Civil War and his assassination which shocked the nati...

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