<P> `` O Captain ! My Captain ! '' is an extended metaphor poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman , about the death of American president Abraham Lincoln . The poem was first published in the pamphlet Sequel to Drum - Taps which assembled 18 poems regarding the American Civil War , including another Lincoln elegy , `` When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'd '' . It was included in Whitman 's comprehensive collection Leaves of Grass beginning with its fourth edition published in 1867 . The poem emphasizes or shows grief and sorrow . </P>
<P> `` O Captain ! My Captain ! '' is an extended metaphor poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman , about the death of American president Abraham Lincoln . The poem was first published in the pamphlet Sequel to Drum - Taps which assembled 18 poems regarding the American Civil War , including another Lincoln elegy , `` When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'd '' . It was included in Whitman 's comprehensive collection Leaves of Grass beginning with its fourth edition published in 1867 . The poem emphasizes or shows grief and sorrow . </P>
who wrote the poem o captain my captain
who wrote the poem o captain my captain
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman