My favorite poem by Walt Whitman is the poem “O Captain! My
Captain!”. This poem written by Walt Whitman is one of the most famous poems
that he has written and it is also my favorite.
“O Captain! My Captain!” is my favorite poem of Walt Whitman
because it has a couple different meanings and I think that they are both very
interesting. One of the views of what this poem is about is that it is about The
Civil War and Abraham Lincoln is the captain that Walt Whitman is talking about
in the poem. The other idea is that the captain of the poem is God. I think it
is interesting how the poem can be interpreted in two very different ways. I
like to think that this poem is about Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War. I
think this because it makes more sense for it to be about Lincoln since in the
poem it says "our fearful trip is done” (Whitman) and “the prize we sought
is won” (Whitman). The “fearful trip” that Whitman talks about is
probably the fighting that took place in The Civil War and the “prize” is
probably the Union. Walt Whitman wrote this poem to show his appreciation to
Abraham Lincoln and I think that it is a very good way for him to show it to
him. The lines “fallen cold and dead” show up a lot in the poem “O Captain! My
Captain!”. Whitman wrote this after Lincoln died so that makes me think that
this poem was about Lincoln as well.
I think that this poem is my favorite out of all of Whitman’s
poems because you can tell that he really cared about what he was writing about
in this poem. Abraham Lincoln was very important to Walt Whitman, so when he
died, Whitman wanted to show his appreciation for Lincoln and his efforts
during the war. I think that this poem has a lot of emotion in it and that is
why it is my favorite.
