"O Captain, my Captain. Who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue?"
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass.
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i only know it from the (great) movie: "Dead Poets Society" (aka: "Der Club der toten Dichter" in german).
maybe there is a source in literature, too?
maybe there is a source in literature, too?
Yes, there is a source in literature too , as the movie quote continues:
John Keating (Robin Williams): "It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating, or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain my Captain."
John Keating (Robin Williams): "It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating, or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain my Captain."
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