O captain ! My captain ! | Class 8 | Explanation of the poem

#waltwhitman #poem #class8 #englishliterarture #learnenglish #makeenglisheasy #ocaptainmycaptain In this video you will get the explanation of this poem line wise. Whitman composed “O Captain! My Captain!” to commemorate Abraham Lincoln in the wake of his assassination in 1865, just five days after the end of the American Civil War. The three-stanza poem employs a layered conceit which represents Abraham Lincoln as the eponymous “Captain” of a ship returning to port. Background of the poem :    • O Captain ! My Captain ! | Class 8 | Backg...