"O captain! My captain!" by Walt Whitman?

Question

i understand that this poem is ellegy (SP) to Abraham Lincoln
Captain representing AL
America representing Union
Voyage representing Civil War

but what's the theme of this poem?
what's the message of this poem?

as an excample.. you should love one another always
u know.. help plz.
thank you

Answer 1

I vote you watch dead poets society.......... lol and I'm not sure what it's about but I think it's about authority, and accnolaging his supierior...b ut dont listen to what I have to say... I"m not an english major.. LOL I be the crazy weird art major... LOL

Answer 2

Walt Whitman and his mother lived in Washington during the Civil War, and Whitman often saw Lincoln walking or riding to and fro between the White House and the War Department and the Telegraph office, sometimes to visit the wounded soldiers in the makeshift hospitals in the capitol.
Whitman admired Lincoln, and his heart went out to him as a man who gave his everything to do his best as the President in spite of storms of opposition, hatred and attempts to have him removed from power; a man who kept the ideal of the United States as a whole when most of the people around him would have let the Confederacy become a separate, slave-owning country.
When Lincoln was assassinated, just days after the War had ended and the Union of States had at last been preserved, Whitman was nearly overcome with grief at the tragedy and irony of the act.
"O Captain, My Captain" was Whitman's song of grief and his song of tribute for Lincoln. In it, he reminds his readers of just how great Lincoln's task was in guiding the nation through the conflict, and how terrible it was that Lincoln would never see the peaceful time beyond. It is an ode to human sacrifice, to human strength and courage, it is a love song to a fallen friend. That is the very personal message of the poem, and it can apply not only to Lincoln, but to any man or woman who has given their life for a just cause they believe in.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The theme of the poem, I believe, is a representation of Lincoln's stuggle to free the slaves being a long difficult, yet successful labour that he never got to enjoy the fruits of ... presented in a nautical analogy.

The message, in today's language, I think the closest equivalent for me would be "Only the good die young." Or maybe, "Real change takes real sacrifice".

Answer 5

The message can be clear to some and hidden to others.

The poet wanted to sympathies with America about the lost of Abe. In fact that was the whole point as you clearly stated. However, he wanted his message to ring loud and clear, that although this is a tragedy they must over come. That they should not give up the beliefs of Abe, or any other kinds of beliefs. That America should go on strong in the future.
Well I hope that this helped.

Answer 6

It is truly amazing, fantastic, fantabulous, cool, brilliant, outstanding, tremendous, beautiful, NO WORD’s. I think you should submit it to a newspaper and they'll print it for you if they like it.

Answer 7

i read this poem a few years ago. but i really dont remember it. sorry