Walt Whitman: Poems

what is the effect of the free verse?

this question is from the poem O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! BY: WALT WHITMAN THIS QUESTION IS VERY CONFUSING AND I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS QUESTION AND THE OTHER ONE I POSTED BEFORE THIS ONE IS THEIR ANYONE OUT THEIR THAT CAN HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"O Captain! My Captain!" is the only Walt Whitman poem that has a regular meter and rhyme scheme. Often hailed as "the father of free verse," Whitman tended to write his poems without following any kind of ordered poetic form.

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