Correct Answer - Option 1 : Abraham Lincoln
The correct answer is Abraham Lincoln
"O captain! My captain"! is a poem written by the famous poet Walt Whitman
- The poem was written about the death U.S President Abraham Lincoln.
- Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman's first to be anthologized and the most popular during his lifetime.
- Since the poem was written about Lincoln's death we can conclude that the captain symbolises Abraham Lincoln.
Therefore the correct answer is Abraham Lincoln.
