![]() That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That you are here - that life exists, and identity that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. ‘O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. Keating (Robin William) quotes Whitman to the boys in his charge: My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will ” were a fitting epitaph to a shared fate. When Robin Williams died and left us, the poem, the play, and my husband’s death were all brought together, and the words, “O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. But the poem and its connections weren’t finished for me. Some time later, I wrote a piece of Flash Fiction (except it was real) based on the incident, In 55 Words, which I later reworked into a poem. ![]() How he did it, I do not know, but after a week’s hiatus, my son went back and finished the run of the play. Early the next morning, he died, thus cementing together in my mind, Walt Whitman’s poem, Kelly’s relationship with our son, Jason, and Robin Williams performance in the movie. In real life, Kelly played the role of Neil’s father before an audience, just that opening night. It was an amazing experience to watch the two of them on stage together, there was a realness to their dialogue, fueled in part by elements of their real personal relationship - my teenage son navigating the journey to adulthood, and his father who didn’t always understand. The second time I saw a stage version, my son was playing Neil Parry, and my husband, Kelly, was playing his overbearing father. Later on, it was a pivotal piece of the plot in Dead Poets Society and affected me deeply the first time I saw a stage production based on the movie. I first encountered it when I was in high school, and being an avid fan of Civil War era history, I thought it was a splendid tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done įrom fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still ![]() Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills įor you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding įor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won ![]() O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done For me, one of the most meaningful poems, one that has deeply affected me, is Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain! For the Poetry Writing Challenge I’ve been participating in, which consists of 30 Poems in 30 Days - it is day 27, and the challenge is to take part in a Poem in Your Pocket Day, and for the challenge, we were invited to read, write, or share poetry that is meaningful to us. ![]()
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