Compare And Contrast Hunger In New York City And O Captain My Captain

Some poems are similar. Some are different. Some, however, can have aspects that are both similar and different. In the poems “O Captain, My Captain” and “Shiloh: A Requiem” many literary aspects are used. Some of these include repetition, imagery, extended metaphors, and personification. Although the poems “O Captain, My Captain” and “Shiloh: A Requiem” have very different literary elements, they have some in common as well.

However, a poem could be written without personification and still be great. In this poem the speaker states, “season when the young buttercups and daisies climb up on the mulched bodies of their forebears to wave their flags in the parade” (1096). This stanza is personification because it talks about the buttercups and daisies climbing up. This line of the poem also reminds the reader of soldiers marching in a parade.

The most visually noticeable part of this poem is the format. It isn’t written in familiar stanzas with any kind of meter or complex

At first glance the poem is a relatively short (especially for Whitman) three stanza poem. What makes this poem stand out from other Whitman poems is its rhyme and meter. It steers away from his “traditional” free verse and instead uses primarily iambic meter, although the number of feet in each line varies (Hochman). Some literary critics have expressed disdain that Whitman wrote a poem in such a manner, with poet Robert Creeley saying that he was embarrassed “by my aunt's and my grandmother's ability to recite that terrible poem.”. At one point even Whitman wished he hadn’t written the poem because of all the attention it received even though it was nothing like his other poems (Hochman). When delving into the content of the poem, it is essential to understand when it was written. This poem was published in Leaves of Grass under the section titles “Memories of President Lincoln” after the Union’s victory in the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination. Understanding this context makes deciphering symbols and metaphors in the poem much easier. In the very first line of the poem Whitman refers to the title of the poem as the poetic voice says “O Captain! My Captain! Our fateful trip is done” (Line 1). Given the context of the poem, the Captain clearly represents President Lincoln, who finished the fateful trip of getting the nation through the Civil War. When Whitman places himself in the poem as a sailor on the Captain’s ship, he implies that he fought for the same goals as the captain, namely the preservation of the Union. The next image Whitman provides is of the ship sailing into harbor with all the people cheering. The

Personification is a figurative element used to give an inanimate or inhuman object, human features. This is to allow the author to describe an objects quality. Harper Lee uses this profusely in the book. Although when Lee uses personification it not

1. Personification: “The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: 'I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful.”' (Coelho, 2) In this quote, personification is shown because the lake is able to stay silent or weep. These are qualities of a human given to an object.

Often times people use poetry to tell a story, or show how they feel about a topic. The poet Walt Whitman does this in his Poem “Oh Captain! My Captain!”. This poem tells the story of one of Whitman’s idol’s legacy and death. Walt Whitman portrays American Romanticism through “Oh Captain! My Captain!” to describe Abraham Lincoln’s life.

In her poem Mary Oliver uses personification to say "she took me back so tenderly." This explains how the earth is taking her back so gently like a new born child. In the poem "Gold" Pat Mora uses personification to say the "Sun paints the desert."

In the short story Red, the author, Michael Hall, uses the motif of personification to teach the reader to avoid being prejudiced towards others. This personification was shown in the text when the author wrote “frankly, I don’t think he’s very bright”. These pieces of the text are an example of personification because of the fact that the other roles are speaking throughout the text, but are not humans themselves. Hall’s theme of “people shouldn’t have prejudice towards others” is made clear through personification because as the other characters have a repetitive conflict with the blue crayon because of his lack of ability to draw something in red, the author is using the situation to express his opinion. Similar examples can be derived from

For me, both essays Homeless and I Want a Wife captured my interest with the very

The river motif in the poem also speaks of the strength of the African American race when considered against an ever flowing river. Additionally, there is also the use of anaphora. This speaks to the repetition of the “I” in each line of the poem. This helps in the meaning of the poem, as it speaks to the affirmation of the message the persona carries. This being that the African American community has been a part of the existence and has a history and a place.

This figure of speech plays a huge role in the story. Personification is when an “Inanimate object is given human qualities” (Random House Inc). For example in the story the author gave all of the animals the human ability to speck to one another. In reality animals cannot talk to one another. In paragraph six it states that the cat said to all of the animals, “It is the looks of it” (Twain).

In Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!,” a sailor walks the deck where the body of his fallen captain lies, while the battered ship returns from a harrowing voyage and approaches a dock where people are celebrating the ship’s victory. The ship represents the Union, its voyage the Civil War. The dead captain represents Abraham Lincoln, the beloved leader of the Union, while the sailor who mourns him is Whitman. Through poetic devices, imagery, and diction, Whitman conveys his torment over the death of Abraham Lincoln.

The poem starts out with the narrator telling the captain of the ship that the crew has accomplished their goal, they have won a battle at sea. The ship and crew is riding the waves back to the port, where he can already hear bells and people celebrating their victory. Then he relates the horrible news to the reader, his captain is dead, and cannot celebrate

The poem, "o captain my captain" by Walt Whitman re-imagines the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman, has a patriotic attitude towards this poem as he describes Abraham Lincoln and all that he did for America by using imagery to develop a scene similar to the reality. The poet conveys his deep admiration for the achievements of Abraham Lincoln. The poet shares his form by using a physical way of laying out and her attitude through the use of sound devices such as the iambic meter and the use of amphibrach.