Walt Whitman: Poems

O captain My captain

how does the rhyming in this peom create emphasis on certain words? How does the emphasis on those words, in turn, emphasize certain theme

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I think the rhyming scheme is being used to bring out a joyful elation from the reader, the emphasis of rhyme and couplet celebrate the man's life rather than contemplate his death.

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