In the poem O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman figurative language is used effectively. For example, when he compares their destination to the "prize they sought is won," he is showing through this metaphor that this had been a dream for them, that this is the place they wanted to go. This poem is about someone who is telling their dead captain that they have reached their dream land and desperately begging him "to rise." This shipmate seems so desperate to bring his captain back to life that it makes this poem disappointing that the poor captain didn't get to see the result of his efforts.
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