TPCASTT of O Captain! My Captain!
Title:
“O Captain! My Captain!”
The title is also part of the first line of the poem, and is repeated in the fifth line of the poem as well. It sets a desperate and longing tone. It may be referring to an actual captain, or may be metaphorically referring to someone else.
Paraphrase:
Oh Captain! Our Journey is done, its goal achieved. Our destination is
close, and people anticipate our coming with joy, watching the ship come near, but oh heart! I look where my beloved captain lays cold and dead. Oh Captain! Rise and hear the people cheering and rejoicing for you! Here Captain! I hope I this is a dream, that you are dead on this deck. The
captain does not answer, he has no heartbeat or pulse. Now the ship is anchored and its mission won, and while the land celebrates, I will walk mournfully on this deck where my captain has fallen dead.
Connotation: Walt Whitman wrote this shortly after Abraham Lincoln died, describing how he thought of him as the father of our nation and when the poem says that the prize is won, it is referring to the freedom of the slaves and the unity of the north and south. The whole poem is in fact a metaphor where Lincoln in the captain.
Attitude: The speaker is in mourning for his captain, which is reflected in the mood. It also is a bit contradictory in the sense that everyone around the speaker is rejoicing and celebrating while he is upset that his captain is unable to join the crew in their happiness.
Shifts: represents The speaker is in denial in the beginning of the poem and doesn't believe that he is actually dead. It isn't until after the shift that he realizes the captain is dead.
Title: The title is a lament, a cry of sorrow. It holds and represents the sadness displayed in the poem.
Theme: When reaching your goals, sacrifices are made, but the shouldn't be sacrificed in vain.
“O Captain! My Captain!”
The title is also part of the first line of the poem, and is repeated in the fifth line of the poem as well. It sets a desperate and longing tone. It may be referring to an actual captain, or may be metaphorically referring to someone else.
Paraphrase:
Oh Captain! Our Journey is done, its goal achieved. Our destination is
close, and people anticipate our coming with joy, watching the ship come near, but oh heart! I look where my beloved captain lays cold and dead. Oh Captain! Rise and hear the people cheering and rejoicing for you! Here Captain! I hope I this is a dream, that you are dead on this deck. The
captain does not answer, he has no heartbeat or pulse. Now the ship is anchored and its mission won, and while the land celebrates, I will walk mournfully on this deck where my captain has fallen dead.
Connotation: Walt Whitman wrote this shortly after Abraham Lincoln died, describing how he thought of him as the father of our nation and when the poem says that the prize is won, it is referring to the freedom of the slaves and the unity of the north and south. The whole poem is in fact a metaphor where Lincoln in the captain.
Attitude: The speaker is in mourning for his captain, which is reflected in the mood. It also is a bit contradictory in the sense that everyone around the speaker is rejoicing and celebrating while he is upset that his captain is unable to join the crew in their happiness.
Shifts: represents The speaker is in denial in the beginning of the poem and doesn't believe that he is actually dead. It isn't until after the shift that he realizes the captain is dead.
Title: The title is a lament, a cry of sorrow. It holds and represents the sadness displayed in the poem.
Theme: When reaching your goals, sacrifices are made, but the shouldn't be sacrificed in vain.