![]() ![]() Popular funeral poem based on a short verse by David Harkins. The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,įrom fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills,įor you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding,įor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells ![]() While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, ![]() The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The poem is very much in the cube of leadership and guts to represent the country though the description of Lincoln’s gallantry.O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The kind of emotional attachment has been shown here in the poem is not only a kind of condolence shown towards the great leader but it is more than that. He is not ready to in the harsh reality that he is no more. Whitman is ever feeling pathetic for the death of their favourite captain, Abraham Lincoln. The ship is considered as the country and the leader of the nation is lying on the deck of the ship leading to its ultimate victory. The poem carries a symbolical stance which signifies that it is nothing but a symbolical representation of the last journey of the former president of the United States of America. So his mind is divided between two parts. In this struggle the poet cannot enjoy the taste of victory as he can see that his leader is no more. The poet is here torn between two thoughts, individual vs group. His through out struggle is reflecting here in the poem through a long description. So in that hope the poet places his hand on his back to support him to ruse once again to lead their country to a newer world.Ībraham Lincoln was not only represented as a leader in the poem but something more than that. He believes that his leader is lying to take rest and he will rise once again. The poet does not want to believe in the fact that his leader is no more. In the poem it is shown that the journey is called a ‘fearful trip’ as signifying the fearful voyage of Abraham Lincoln.
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