Question

What makes "O Captain! My Captain!" an elegy?

A: It was written to stir patriotic sentiment.
B: It is a poem that has the sea as its setting.
C: It is a poem with three stanzas of equal length.
D: It was written in memory of someone who died.

Answer 1

d it was witten in memory of some one who died

Answer 2

D. It was written in memory of someone who died.

"O Captain! My Captain!" was written in memory of Abraham Lincoln.

This poem is classified as a elegy or a mourning poem

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