O+Captain!+My+Captain!


 * Author:** Walt Whitman


 * Type of Poem:** lyric, elegy


 * Rhyme Scheme:** AABBCDED


 * Apostrophes**
 * Directly address the "Captain"
 * "But O heart! heart! heart!"
 * "Exult O shores, and ring O bells!"


 * Metaphors**


 * The ship refers to the state
 * The Captain is Abraham Lincoln
 * "Our fearful trip is done" refers to the Civil war being over