Question

Alt Whitman’s elegy “O Captain! My Captain!” contains an extended metaphor. Match the words or phrases from the poem with their meanings as part of the metaphor.

Tiles:
+ship
+prize
+captain
+fearful trip
Pairs:
-the Civil War
-victory
-Abraham Lincoln
-the Union
MATCH WORDS PLZ

Answer 1

The PLATO answer is:

The Civil War = fearful trip

Victory = prize

Abraham Lincoln = captain

The Union = ship

Answer 2

The meanings of these words or phrases in Walt Whitman's elegy O Captain! My Captain! as part of the metaphor are:

• For ship: The Union
• For prize: victory
• For captain: Abraham Lincoln

• For fearful trip: The Civil War

Let's remember that a metaphor is a figure of speech - very common in poetry - that describes an object/subject or an action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.