Question

How are The Gettysburg Address and the Poem O Captain, My Captain similar and different? The poem and the address are in the

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Answer 1

The similarity between these two texts is that both highlight the admiration for someone who is already dead. The difference is that "The Gettysburg Address" admires soldiers who died in the war, while "O Captain, My Captain" refers to admiration for the ship's captain, who represents Lincoln.

Step-by-step explanation:

Both texts present an emotional language, where they admire and emphasize the importance of people who died in favor of a cause.

In "The Gettysburg Address" we can see a prose text, where the dead in the civil war are highlighted as heroes and important in this very inhospitable and dangerous environment. In "The Captain, My Captain" the language is even more emotional and shows the admiration of a captain who died while trying to guide his vessel on a dangerous voyage.