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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