"O Captain! My Captain!"

In his poem, Walt Whitman cries at the loss of a leader (President Abraham Lincoln).

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Wrinkle in Time, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, The Odyssey, A Man, Soldier home, Sonnet 116, Where I Find My Heroes, White House Funeral Sermon, O Captain! My Captain!, Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, A Definition of a Gentleman
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  1. weather
    face and withstand with courage
    The ship has weather'd every rack
  2. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
    The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
    While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring
  3. trill
    sing or play alternating with the half note above or below
    Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills
  4. bouquet
    an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
    For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths
  5. mass
    the common people generally
    For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning
  6. pulse
    the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ
    My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will
  7. anchor
    secure a vessel with a mechanical device
    The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done
  8. victor
    a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
    From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won
  9. exult
    express great joy
    Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
  10. mournful
    expressing sorrow
    But I with mournful tread,
    Walk the deck my Captain lies,
    Fallen cold and dead.
Created on 十二月 14, 2014 (updated 十二月 14, 2014)

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