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Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!", is an elegy mourning the death of a beloved captain who has perished just as their ship successfully concludes a difficult journey. Despite the joyous arrival at port, marked by celebrations and adulation, the speaker is consumed by grief and disbelief at the captain's lifeless form on deck. The poem contrasts the triumph of the voyage with the personal sorrow of the speaker, highlighting the profound loss of their leader at the moment of victory.
