# My Captain — Leaves of Grass character guide

> My Captain in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** my Captain, My Captain, O Captain, O Captain

**First appearance:** 0047-song-of-myself

## Who they are

The fallen captain mourned in the poem, an allegory for Abraham Lincoln.

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