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alt Whitman’s elegy “O Captain! My Captain!” contains an extended metaphor. Match the words or phrases from the poem with their meanings as part of the metaphor.
Tiles:
+ship
+prize
+captain
+fearful trip
Pairs:
-the Civil War
-victory
-Abraham Lincoln
-the Union
MATCH WORDS PLZ

Respuesta :

GibusPyro
The PLATO answer is:

The Civil War = fearful trip

Victory = prize

Abraham Lincoln = captain

The Union = ship
flaviazubeldia

The meanings of these words or phrases in Walt Whitman's elegy O Captain! My Captain! as part of the metaphor are:

  • For ship: The Union
  • For prize: victory
  • For captain: Abraham Lincoln
  • For fearful trip: The Civil War

Let's remember that a metaphor is a figure of speech - very common in poetry - that describes an object/subject or an action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

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