What is the name of the series of poems written between 1949 and 1955 by an English-American poet best known for "Funeral Blues"?
Horae Canonicae Horae Canonicae is a series of poems by W. H. Auden written between 1949 and 1955. The title is a reference to the canonical hours of the Christian Church, as are the titles of the seven poems constituting the series: "Prime", "Terce", "Sext", "Nones", "Vespers", "Compline", and "Lauds". Each refers to a fixed time of the day for prayer.
O Captain! My Captain! "O Captain! My Captain!" is an extended metaphor poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman, about the death of American president Abraham Lincoln. The poem was first published in the pamphlet "Sequel to Drum-Taps" which assembled 18 poems regarding the American Civil War, including another Lincoln elegy, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd". It was included in Whitman's comprehensive collection "Leaves of Grass" beginning with its fourth edition published in 1867. The poem emphasizes or shows grief and sorrow.