O Captain! My Captain!
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"O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous elegiac poem by Walt Whitman mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln through an extended ship-and-captain metaphor.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O Captain! My Captain! canonical | 7 |
| "O Captain! My Captain!" | 2 |
| "O Captain! my Captain!" | 1 |
| poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: O Captain! My Captain! Context triple: [Leaves of Grass, notablePoem, O Captain! My Captain!]
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A.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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B.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a famous American Civil War–era patriotic song that blends religious imagery with a call for justice and national resolve.
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C.
A Psalm of Life
"A Psalm of Life" is a widely anthologized 1838 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that urges readers to live actively, purposefully, and optimistically in the face of life's brevity and challenges.
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D.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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E.
Caged Bird
"Caged Bird" is a soulful R&B track by Alicia Keys from her debut album *Songs in A Minor*, reflecting themes of emotional confinement and longing for freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: O Captain! My Captain! Target entity description: "O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous elegiac poem by Walt Whitman mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln through an extended ship-and-captain metaphor.
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A.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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B.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a famous American Civil War–era patriotic song that blends religious imagery with a call for justice and national resolve.
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C.
A Psalm of Life
"A Psalm of Life" is a widely anthologized 1838 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that urges readers to live actively, purposefully, and optimistically in the face of life's brevity and challenges.
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D.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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E.
Caged Bird
"Caged Bird" is a soulful R&B track by Alicia Keys from her debut album *Songs in A Minor*, reflecting themes of emotional confinement and longing for freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegy
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| addedToCollection | 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| collection | Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfEventDescribed | 1865-04-14 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Sequel to Drum-Taps ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| hasClosingLine | "Walk the deck my Captain! You’ve fallen cold and dead." ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | "O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;" ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Lincoln’s leadership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 24 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
anaphora
ⓘ
apostrophe ⓘ extended metaphor ⓘ imagery ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| movement |
American Transcendentalism
ⓘ
linked to:
Transcendentalism
|
| notableFor |
popularity in American schools
ⓘ
unusually regular rhyme and meter for Whitman ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| period | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| placeOfEventDescribed | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| portraysAsMetaphor |
captain as Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
ship as the United States ⓘ voyage as the Civil War ⓘ |
| refrain |
"Fallen cold and dead"
ⓘ
"O Captain! my Captain!" ⓘ
linked to:
O Captain! My Captain!
|
| rhymeScheme | regular end rhyme ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| subject |
American Civil War
ⓘ
assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ leadership ⓘ mourning and grief ⓘ national trauma ⓘ |
| theme |
cost of victory
ⓘ
heroic sacrifice ⓘ public celebration versus private grief ⓘ |
| tone |
mournful
ⓘ
reverent ⓘ |
| writtenInResponseTo | death of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O Captain! My Captain! Description of subject: "O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous elegiac poem by Walt Whitman mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln through an extended ship-and-captain metaphor.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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