What is the analogy in "O Captain My Captain" by Walt Whitman?

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anonymous · Answer

umm, can you attach it...?

anonymous · Answer

@mg_s1994

mg_s1994 · Answer

O Captain! My Captain!
BY WALT WHITMAN
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
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! heart! heart!
                            O the bleeding drops of red,
                               Where on the deck my Captain lies,
                                  Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
                         Here Captain! dear father!
                            This arm beneath your head!
                               It is some dream that on the deck,
                                 You’ve fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
                         Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
                            But I with mournful tread,
                               Walk the deck my Captain lies,
                                  Fallen cold and dead.
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anonymous · Answer

Try to read this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Captain!_My_Captain!

anonymous · Answer

@mg_s1994 ohhhhhh that's tough... yeah, i'd look at the wikipedia site @RainbowBrony555 included

mg_s1994 · Answer

thank you @RainbowBrony555

anonymous · Answer

and @mg_s1994, welcome to open study :D

mg_s1994 · Answer

thank you v v v  much :) @TwilightRain1

anonymous · Answer

Welcome to OpenStudy @mg_s1994

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

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whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Thanks @Whitemonsterbunny17!

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Of course! :3

anonymous · Answer

@Whitemonsterbunny17 how's my welcome speech? XD

anonymous · Answer

Very nice and colorful!!!!!@TwilightRain1

anonymous · Answer

thank you, @RainbowBrony555

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

It's cute!!
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anonymous · Answer

how...?

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Message me, and I'll show you. :3

anonymous · Answer

mmk