This video presents an excerpt from Walt Whitman's famous poem 'O Captain! My Captain!', which uses the metaphor of a ship's captain to honor Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who was assassinated in 1865; the poem celebrates Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War and the nation's preservation, with the 'captain' representing Lincoln and the 'ship' symbolizing the United States.
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O Captain by Walt WhitmanAdded:
O Captain, my Captain, rise up and hear the [music] bells. Rise up for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills.
For you bouquets and [music] ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding.
For you they call the swaying mass of humanity the faces turning.
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