"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman

I had to memorize this in 7th grade. It's been over 10 years now, so I probably got some of the words wrong. (THE SOUND GOT OFF SOMEHOW)

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[mellowyellow06]

People that can spell. :)

[TheBrunoYouKnow]

aww, i think you recited it well :)

[tragicallyj92]

This is beautiful

[pschlehr]

A lovely recitation. Nice job. That is one of my favorite Whitman poems. I think Whitman may be the only poet I really understand. Thanks for reminding me of this.

[ninuxy]

Damnit, I thought this is another Beautiful Agony video.

O Captian! My Captain! Where are thou le petit mort?

[MusclecarsMeditation]

Thank you.

[VideoCrime]

You know why Nicole Kidman won an oscar for portraying Virginia Woolf? It was not the fake nose or the fake accent. It was the way she says "Always the years between us, always the hours!" It's just her voice. She's not even speaking on screen. But at that moment you know how sentimental you really are, how vulnerable to beauty you can be, how manipulative art is supposed to be. That's what it's all about. :)

[VideoCrime]

Beautiful poem. I can tell you like it as well. Yet, please take this advice: poetry must not be read as if it was a list of stuff you need to bring from a grocery store. I don't mean you have to yell it out or go all sarah bernhard on the poem, but it is all about feeling. It's music. It has melody. Listen to it, feel it and understand it. Understand your relation to it, then say it, feeling it.

[siriobobo]

Love it; the sound; the shot; the black & white; the look. Really great. Congrats.

[siriobobo]

Love it; the sound; the shot; the black & white; the look. Really great. Congrats.