Dear Selection Board‚ My name is ________ and I am excited to apply for the position of Sport Captain and Sport-Spirit Prefect. A key attribute of these positions is representation; the act of speaking and acting on behalf of someone. I feel that to adequately represent something‚ you have to have a good understanding of it. Firstly‚ a Sport Captain/Prefect represents the school. I have been fortunate to have been a member of the community for close to 11 years and during this course of time
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mediocrity in this world of wolverines and vipers. When you live to be remembered‚ you must die for that memory to live on. No story begins before death‚ and most stories do not last past death. Think back to a time you heard the name Captain Jason Duncan. He was a captain of the militia in Vermont during the American
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created a contest for everything we do. This past winter break the two of us played “Just Dance” almost everyday to see who would come out victorious. She took it to a whole new level when the two of us got back home from swim practice‚ tired and sore. We pushed through the pain‚ neither one of us were willing to give up even though our legs could barely hold us up from the kicks we did at practice. Just Dance is not the only thing we compete over. Throughout the years the two of us have had eating
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"O Captain! My Captain!" is a poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865. The poem is classified as an elegy because it is a mourning poem that was written in the memory of someone. The poem was written to honor Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United States. Walt Whitman was born in 1819 and died in 1892‚ so he lived through the American Civil War. Being born close to the founding of the country‚ he knew people that were a part of the American Revolution. Through this he experienced the unification
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Tarenia Carthan Dr. Jackson English 1102 [ 8 March 2011 ] Literary Summary/Analysis of “O Captain‚ My Captain” by Poet Walt Whitman “O Captain! My Captain” is a poem written by American poet Walt Whitman which expresses admiration for the 16th president of the United States of America who was assassinated. Written as an elegy in memory of Abraham Lincoln‚ who led the nation through turbulent times during the Civil War‚ the poem invokes the emotions both of pride and solemnest that Whitman
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‘O Captain! My Captain’ is a moving poem in which Whitman expresses his profound sense of grief at a tragic end of a leader of men is addressed to Abraham Lincoln‚ one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America‚ who fought a war (the American Civil War) against the Southern States to give the Negro slaves freedom and human dignity. The war was won‚ the slaves were freed‚ but Lincoln‚ soon after his election as president for a second term‚ fell a victim to an assassin’s bullet.
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"O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is
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“O Captain! My Captain!” Literary Analysis Every great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great
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sections of the school. If I was chosen to be a captain for the 2013-2014 year‚ not only would I make sure that any negative opinions were squashed‚ but the great qualities the squad holds‚ are emphasized. I have come along way since i started cheerleading. I remember my first day of cheer and how nervous I was to be trying something I’ve never done before‚ and how inexperienced I was. Throughout the season‚ I’ve always worked my hardest to pick up new dances‚ stunts‚ and cheers right away. Since most
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The Captain of the Ship The poem “O Captain! My Captain” by Walt Whitman was written after the murder of the second president of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln. The poem was published on November 4‚ 1865‚ in Saturday Press in New York. This poem became one of the most famous poems of Whitman‚ which the readers immediately accepted. In this paper‚ I will look at the historical background of the poem “O Captain! My Captain” by examining the time period in
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