O Captain! My Captain!
What does the phrase “the prize we sought is won” refer to?
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" The prize we sought is won " is referred to winning the Civil War. You can tell that the poem is an elegy because the speaker is. reflecting on death.
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Explanation:
Abraham Lincoln, the 'ship' spoken about signifies the 'United States of America while its fearful trip' recalls the troubles of the American Civil War. Ref.I. '0 captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won.
The prize is the independence from the slavery which was a prize of struggling for attaining independence from slavery. They fought the war and won it and the independence which they got after winning the war was like a prize for the struggle that they had done. A prize for the common people who lost their lives and became a martyr. The prize for Abraham Lincoln's struggle. A prize which he gave to the people as a gift after giving his life for them....
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