Saturday, January 9, 2016

Poetry- Oh Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman and Bio


'Oh Captain! My Captain!' by Walt Whitman  This is the moving poem shared by Robin Williams in 'Dead Poet's Society' - written in memory of loved President Abraham Lincoln. Whitman wrote it to honor Lincoln after his death.



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Dead Poets Society


How to Read Poetry
Rap Version of Oh Captain, My Captain!

Walt Whitman
Photo of Walt Whitman. Many students read “Oh Captain, My Captain”—but often don’t realize that Walt Whitman composed that poem to capture his emotions at hearing of President Lincoln’s assassination. Whitman, already a famous poet, served as a volunteer nurse in Washington, seeing the horrors of war firsthand as he tended to wounded soldiers.:






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