![]() ![]() It is ‘daring’ because it has not only survived many hardships but has also been successful in its mission. The ship is ‘grim’ because it has come back from a long hard voyage and has worn out. They are staring at the steady ship (keel) coming to the harbour. People are all celebrating (exulting) in joy. While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, Have they won a game or even maybe a battle with a great outcome? We are so far not sure what the prize actually is. The readers are informed about the grueling journey that the crew of this ship has gone through to bring home the prize they fought for. Here one must recognize the speaker of the poem. And it’s been a success they have won the prize they have been fighting for. It has survived (weathered) every storm (rack). The ship has returned home from a dreadful voyage. He wants to inform him that the ‘fearful trip’ is complete. ![]() The poem begins with the speaker addressing someone as his captain. The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, O Captain! My Captain! Explanation Stanza – 1 He moves towards the fallen captain and mourns over the loss. The speaker cannot enjoy with the people outside. The speaker pleads the captain to rise up as people erupt in joy and wait to have a look at their captain.But suddenly the speaker exclaims that the captain has fallen on the deck, ‘cold and dead’.The crowd is celebrating on the shore to welcome home the captain. They have returned from a successful voyage. The speaker, a sailor, reports to his captain that the ship has completed its journey.Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” is an extended metaphor mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 at the close of the American Civil War. ![]()
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