Can we see the paragraph please? If I could see it I could give you the right one!
B. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
Hope this helps!
-Payshence
Answer: The entire poem is an extended metaphor, or figurative language that implies comparison between seemingly unlike things, for the United States after the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's assassination. In the metaphor, the captain is Lincoln, the voyage is the war and the ship is the United States.
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