O Captain! My Captain! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDED FFBBGDHD IIAAFDFD| O Captain my Captain our fearful trip is done | A |
| The ship has weathered every rack the prize we sought is won | A |
| The port is near the bells I hear the people all exulting | B |
| While follow eyes the steady keel the vessel grim and daring | B |
| But O heart heart heart | C |
| O the bleeding drops of red | D |
| Where on the deck my Captain lies | E |
| Fallen cold and dead | D |
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| O Captain my Captain rise up and hear the bells | F |
| Rise up for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills | F |
| For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a crowding | B |
| For you they call the swaying mass their eager faces turning | B |
| Here Captain dear father | G |
| This arm beneath your head | D |
| It is some dream that on the deck | H |
| You've fallen cold and dead | D |
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| My Captain does not answer his lips are pale and still | I |
| My father does not feel my arm he has no pulse nor will | I |
| The ship is anchored safe and sound its voyage closed and done | A |
| From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won | A |
| Exult O shores and ring O bells | F |
| But I with mournful tread | D |
| Walk the deck my Captain lies | F |
| Fallen cold and dead | D |
Walt Whitman
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