Question

In “O Captain! My Captain!” who is the captain that the poet speaks of? Abraham Lincoln Jane Addams Ulysses S. Grant Walt Whitman

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln

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Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln

Step-by-step explanation:

The speaker is speaking of Abraham Lincoln. The ship is the United States of America. This poem is written after the death of Abraham Lincoln and is about the loss of him as the leader of the American people. The entire poem is an extended metaphor that compares Abraham Lincoln to the captain of a ship.