Is "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman a free verse poem?
1 Answer
Feb 8, 2017
No, it follows a rhyme scheme of AABBCDED.
It is the only Walt Whitman poem that follows a regular meter and rhyme scheme.
Explanation:
Walt Whitman wrote several free verse poems (he was nicknamed "Father of Free verse"), but "O Captain! My Captain!" is the exception.
