Saturday, February 20, 2010

Oh Captain, My Captain

This symbolic poem by Walt Whitman was written around the time of the American Civil War. Who, in real life, do you think was the captain? What line in the poem creates the most vivid mental image, picture, for you?

7 comments:

  1. In the poem "Oh Captain,My Captain", the person who was in real life was President Abraham Lincoln the poem talkes about how he was assasinated an how the war WW1 was when it happened.

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  2. Great memory Raul! Remember that it was the American Civil War not WWI. What line of the poem do you think creates the most vivid mental picture?

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  3. When the poem describes how he was assasinated an how he looked when it happened.

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  4. the peom is refering to president Abraham Lincoln and describes his assasination. the poem describes how he looked.

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  5. i didnt know this poem was about lincoln

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  6. line 10 made me picture a flag waving and a little buggle sounding.

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