What is an example of an apostrophe poem using at least 12 lines - 3 senses - 2 similes - 1 metaphor - consistent tone - alliteration - consonance - onomatopoeia - and repetition?

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2026-05-20 09:40

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Here is one very well-known candidate (not copyrighted in the US):

by Walt Whitman

1

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart! 5

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

2

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills; 10

For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding;

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head;

It is some dream that on the deck, 15

You've fallen cold and dead.

3

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

The poem has 24 lines. Senses used are touch, hearing and sight. "Captain" and "father" are metaphors for Abraham Lincoln, "ship" is metaphor for the Nation, and the voyage is a metaphor for the Civil War. The tone is consistently sad and mournful throughout -- the poem is elegiac in tone, following Lincoln's assassination. There are many examples of alliteration. In the last stanza alone, there are a number of "f" sounds: father, feel, safe, fearful, fallen. "The flag is flung" and "ribbon'd wreaths" are additional examples of alliteration. In the second stanza, the Words "mass," "arm," "some" and "dream" are examples of consonance. The phrase "heart! heart! heart!" is onomatopoeic, bringing to mind the sound of a beating heart. The repetition is obvious.

Unfortunately, there are no similes in the poem.

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