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The first stanza begins the metaphor of the ship

The first stanza begins the metaphor of the ship with the speaker calling out for his Captain in a celebratory tone The speaker sounds like he is a part of his Captain s crew and abroad his ship The Captain of the ship is presumed to be Abraham Lincoln given that a Captain and President are both positions of leadership In the first lines the speaker s tone sounds cheerful as he says that from their fearful trip the prize they sought is won 2 When taking a look at the context of when this poem was written the fearful trip the ship has just gone through is the American Civil War 2 This line also shows that since the speaker is celebrating their victory the speaker is in bias of the Union and not the Confederacy Here the patriotism is already beginning to be heard in the speaker s voice as he is expressing his pride having won the prize 2 His tone expresses the joyfulness of gaining victory just as the people in support of the Union at the time like Whitman were when having won the war The ship is a metaphor for the United States as a whole that has weather d every rack or in other words overcome the obstacles the war brought about 2 The first couple lines create the image of the ship appearing to still be in sail but very close to reaching the port where people are exulting 3 The country is near wrapping up the war officially and those in support of the Union are rejoicing over their victory Within the same first stanza there is a sudden shift in tone with the repetition of O heart heart heart 5

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