My Captain does not answer his lips are pale and still My father does not feel my arm he has no pulse nor will Nevertheless the ship is anchord safe and sound its voyage closed and done In other words the war is over.

What is the message of o captain my captain. The port is near the bells I hear the people all exulting While follow eyes the steady keel the vessel grim and daring But O heart. The message of Walt Whitmans 1865 poem O Captain. The mass of people in the poem symbolize the American people who supported Lincoln and felt happy about the end of the war.

Each stanza gives us a clue about the war. O Captain my Captain. Well its O Captain My Captain and it meant how Abe Lincoln was assassinated.

In the third and final stanza there is acknowledgement of the captains or presidents mortality. The themes of mourning the death of the one who was the captain of the ship the nation and rejoicing over the victory intertwine throughout the poem. The poem is perhaps Whitmans most famouswhich is ironic since it is far more conventional in meter form and subject than much of Whitmans other work.

1 on a question What is the message of the o captain my captain. Our fearful trip is done The ship has weatherd every rack the prize we sought is won The port is near the bells I hear the people all exulting. What is the message of O Captain My Captain.

The major theme that runs throughout the poem is the death of Abraham Lincoln at the end of the Civil War which deprived the United States of the great president. My Captain by Walt Whitman readers can see how the death of Abraham Lincoln leads him to create a poem with a distinct rhyme scheme while focusing on the literal meaning of the loss of the President. The ship has weatherd every rack the prize we sought is won.

See full answer below. My Captain A poem by Walt Whitman about a captain who dies just as his ship has reached the. O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my Captain lies Fallen cold and dead.