Thursday, January 8, 2015

Analysis of O Captain! My Captain!

English 4
Mr. Merrill
Jeffrey Baker
Analysis of O Captain! My Captain!

Literary Devices:
- Repetition: O heart! heart! heart!; The mention of the captain pops up multiple times; the letter “o”

Rhyme/Rhythm:
- Head and dead, tread and dead, red and dead, still and will, done and won,

Structure:  Four sentence stanzas, short and concise

Tone/Mood: Calling out to his captain, who acted like a father to him, his own sacrifices that he had to make have affected him in serious ways


The Message: Everyone around you that you love dearly can never return and you have to savor the moments that you spend together, again another form of appreciating life and taking it in.

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