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Appreciation of poem
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Title: O Captain! My Captain!
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Poet/Poetess: Walt Whitman
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Rhyme Scheme: aabb cded
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A figure of speech: Apostrophe, Repetition, Onomatopoeia, etc.
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Theme/Central Idea: The poet expresses the mixed emotions of victory and the death of the captain, It is a mournful poem which is written to honor Abraham Lincoln the President of the United States, it describes the victory of the union after the end of civil war and also the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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