O Captain! My Captain!
In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written by Whitman following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It appears in Leaves of Grass, Whitman’s masterpiece of a poetry collection and is considered by many to be one of his greatest poems. This was the LibriVox Weekly Poetry Project for the week of February 19th, 2006.
(Summary by Annie Coleman)
Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
Keyword(s): literature (1952), poetry (1787)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Version 01 | Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
00:02:06 |
| Play 02 | Version 02 | Chip |
00:01:57 |
| Play 03 | Version 03 | Fox in the Stars |
00:01:49 |
| Play 04 | Version 04 | Ted McElroy |
00:01:53 |
| Play 05 | Version 05 | Martin Clifton |
00:01:27 |
| Play 06 | Version 06 | Marian Brown |
00:01:46 |
| Play 07 | Version 07 | Marlo Dianne |
00:02:23 |
| Play 08 | Version 08 | Mark Griggs |
00:01:40 |
| Play 09 | Version 09 | Robert Garrison |
00:02:11 |
| Play 10 | Version 10 | Mark Bradford |
00:01:48 |
| Play 11 | Version 11 | Stefan Schmelz |
00:01:51 |
| Play 12 | Version 12 | 00:01:47 | |
| Play 13 | Version 13 | Tracy Hall |
00:01:29 |