Analysis Of Walt Whitman s O Captain ! My Captain

O Depression! My Depression! The speaker in Walt Whitman’s â€Å"O Captain! My Captain!† faces a major inner struggle throughout the entirety of the poem, going through a few of the stages of grief, due to the fact that his captain had died. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance, yet the speaker only goes through four of these. It takes three stanzas for the speaker to succumb to the harsh reality that his captain is deceased. Though not much is known about the speaker, we as readers know that the speaker feels a deep connection to this leader. By critically reading this poem, it is blatantly obvious that the speaker is Whitman going through the stages of grief after President Lincoln’s assassination. Before jumping into the poem, looking at the title and author of this poem serves a greater purpose than not. Walt Whitman, born in 1819, was born into a very proud American family. Whitman’s family loved A merica so much that his three brothers were named after presidents of the United States. After President Lincoln was assassinated, Whitman published â€Å"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d†, about the assassination (â€Å"Walt Whitman†). Though it may or may not be evident while reading, â€Å"O Captain! My Captain!† parallels to Whitman’s earlier poem, on the subject of his sorrow towards Lincoln’s death. In â€Å"O Captain! My Captain!† not a single name is stated, but by having the knowledge of Whitman’s personal life, it is safe toShow MoreRelatedComparison of Whitman and Dickenson Poems856 Words   |  4 Pagesduring the mid 1800 s. New technologies and ideas helped the nation grow, while the Civil War ripped the nation apart. During this tumultuous period, two great American writers captured their ideas in poetry. Their poems give us insight into the time period, as well as universal insight about life. Although p olar opposites in personality, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman created similar poetry. Dickinson s Hope is a Thing with Feathers and Whitman s O Captain! My Captain! share many qualitiesRead More Whitmans O Captain! My Captain! And Dickinsons Hope is a Thing with Feathers860 Words   |  4 PagesWhitmans O Captain! My Captain! And Dickinsons Hope is a Thing with Feathers America experienced profound changes during the mid 1800’s. New technologies and ideas helped the nation grow, while the Civil War ripped the nation apart. During this tumultuous period, two great American writers captured their ideas in poetry. Their poems give us insight into the time period, as well as universal insight about life. Although polar opposites in personality, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman createdRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 Pagesmust be performed and try to devise the work systems that allow their organizations to operate most efï ¬ ciently. The Gilbreths Two prominent followers of Taylor were Frank Gilbreth (1868–1924) and Lillian Gilbreth (1878–1972), who reï ¬ ned Taylor’s analysis of work movements and made many contributions to time-and-motion study.15 Their aims were to (1) break up and analyze every individual action necessary to perform a partic- 26 Jones−George: Contemporary Management, Fourth Edition I. Management Read MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesproviding a voice of reason amidst all the consultancy excitement of seemingly new ways of costing the business world. He has played a similar role in the area of accounting standard setting, both taking forward the British tradition of the economic analysis of financial accounting and, of possibly greater significance, providing some very original analyses of the possibilities for meaningful accounting standardization. With an agenda as rich as this, it is all the more praiseworthy that Michael maintained