Read these lines from "O Captain! My Captain!". O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. How does Whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to Lincoln’s death?

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Whitman compares Lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.

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Read these lines from "O Captain! My Captain!". O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. How does Whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to Lincoln’s death?

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