Hi!
Here's both the Italian and English version of the poem by Walt Whitman.
Whitman admired  President  Lincoln(1809-1865) and considered him the symbol of the goodness of mankind. On the  occasion of his murder he wrote this poem which is included in "Leaves of Grass" his most famous collection of poems. In the Preface  he exhorted his country fellows to love nature, to despise wealth, to hate tyrants, to be generous with the poor, to follow the laws of God. He also exhalted common people, the nobility of hard manual work, the beauty of nature but also the greatness of technology.

Let's listen to it.

Teacher Anna







Poem by Whitman O Capitano, mio Capitano

Oh Captain , my Captain in English