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FOA Civil War

Joshua de Groot

Karel Ganzevoort

Romeo Trupia

Content

•  The Poem
• The Writer
• The Civil War
• Abraham Lincoln
  
• Meaning of the Poem
  

The Poem

Basic Information about O Captain! My Captain!

• Walt Whitman
• Abraham Lincoln
  
• 1865
• Four-Poem Collection
  
• Dead Poets Society

The Poem

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.

About who is the poem O Captain! My Captain!?

1. Walt Whitman
2. George Washington
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Robin Williams

In what movie was the poem featured?

1. Poets Dead Society
2. Society Dead Poets
3. Dead Poets Society
4. Dead Society Poets

First Sentence

Second Sentence

Third Sentence

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done.

The Writer

Early Life:

• Born on Long Island in 1819
• 8 siblings
• Poet at a young age
• The theatre.
• Teacher (Unhappy)
• Publish more in the paper
• Leaves of Grass: a collection of poems

The Writer

During the Civil War:

• Poems about the war
• For the North and his brother was a soldier
• Went to the front, got inspiration
• Brothers died
• O Captain! My Captain

The Writer

Death:

• Sick in 1873
• Worked more on Leaves of Grass.
  
• Wrote about his own death
• Lung disease "bronchial pneumonia".
  

How many brothers and sisters did Walt Whitman have?

1. 6
2. 7
3. 8
4. 9

What was the bundle of poems called that Walt Whitman worked on his whole life?

1. O'Captain! My Captain!
2. Leaves of Grass
3. Drum-Taps
4. Poems of Walt Whitman

From what did Walt Whitman die?

1. A hart disease
2. Of old age
3. A lung disease
4. He was murdered

The Civil War

The Outbreak of the War:

• The North (The Union states) and the South (Confederate Status)
• War was about slavery
• South was for slavery
• North was against slavery
• President was Abraham Lincoln (for the North)
• Southern states seceded from the country starting the civil war

The Civil War

Important Battles:

• The war started when some rebels bombarded Fort Sumter.
• The Union tried to seize the Confederate capital but failed
• The Battle of Fort Denelson, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg.
• The battle of Atlanta last battle
• Union won the battle of Atlante and with that the war

The  North

The South

Won

For slavery

The Confederacy

Abraham Lincoln

The Union

Seceded from the country of America

Lost

Won the battle of Atlanta

Won the first battle of the Bull Run

Against slavery

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's accomplishments:

• 16th president of the United States
• Led the Union to winning the war
  
• Ended slavery
• bolstered the federal government
• modernized the economy

Abraham Lincoln's Death:

• During a play
  
• Confederate actor named John Wilkes Booth
  

What was the profession of John Wilkes Booth?

1. Poet
2. Farmer
3. Spy
4. Actor

Meaning of the Poem

Captain = Abraham Lincoln

Ship = America (The North)

First Verse

• About how the Union has won but "the captain" is dead
  

Second Verse:

• About how he wishes and dreams that the captain would rise up.

Third Verse:

• Hee is dead anyway and that we should celebrate, grieve and honor him.

What symbols does the poem use?
(two answers possible)

1. A prize
2. A Ship
3. A sword and shield
4. A Captain

End