Religious Metaphors in Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!”. The poem, “O Captain! My Captain!”,shows a religious theme, through the metaphors used. Walt Whitman, the writer, uses shifts in the point of view, the rhyme scheme, and repetition to bolden the hidden metaphors he uses. The poem is about an ancient man who was a follower of Jesus, and his pathway from life to heaven. The largest metaphor, the captain, which is equivalent to Jesus, is shown all throughout the poem. The captain died on the deck that nobody goes onto the deck until they are all done, in the third stanza. The thought of the third stanza relates back to when Jesus resurrected on the third day. The crew members in the walk the deck on the third day, to see their captain
