How does the rhyming in this poem create emphasis on certain words? How does the
emphasis on those words, in turn, emphasize certain themes? Cite evidence from the text
to support your answer.

Whitman uses a strong figurative language with an iambic meter that provides a fluid rhythm and enhanced effect.

Explanation:

Walt Whitman's poem was written for President Abraham Lincoln, his favorite President. "Whitman uses a strong figurative language with an iambic meter that provides a fluid rhythm and enhanced effect", although the poem had no proper rhyme scheme.

The poem starts in a happy note and ended in despair and distress of a great leader. The lines in the poem emphasized the theme much and the tone kept changing.

The emotions and pity of the poet and the loss of a great leader in history helped to enhance the effect of understanding as a result of the repetition of the lines till the final line.

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