![]() (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. ![]() In the poem, Whitman juxtaposes the people's joy at the end of the war with his grief at the assassination of the President. Heres an virtual movie of the great Walt Whitman reading his celebrated poem 'O Captain My Captain' First published in New Yorks Saturday Press in November. The Captain of the poem is Lincoln, and the ship represents the United States, brought safely through the storm of war. O Captain my Captain our fearful trip is done The ship has weatherd every rack, the prize we sought is won. "O Captain! My Captain!" is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt Whitman, who worked as a clerk and army hospital nurse during the Civil War. LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of "O Captain! My Captain!" This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014. Contributing to this is the poems basic structurecouplets with a. It was an immediate success with the public, and many students had to memorize it. This is significant, as well get into later. Read in English by Ben Adams, elliot, Bruce Kachuk, Donald Cummings, Joy Baker, Jason Mills, J Korth, Jesse Liwag, Julia Niedermaier, KHand, Lee Ann Howlett, Laurie Anne Walden, Leonard Wilson, MaryAnn, MEita, michellejoseph, Rosslyn Carlyle, and Winston Tharp. The elegy 'O Captain My Captain' by Walt Whitman was published in November 1865, about seven months after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This was regarded as one of the best scenes of the actor’s career. LibriVox recording of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. In the 1989 movie ‘Dead Poets Society’, students stand up for the character played by Robin Williams, to honor their teacher and show their support towards him, by standing on their desks and reciting Whitman’s poem ‘O Captain My Captain’.
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