The Roman was a form of government in which power was held by elected officials on behalf of the people. The governments of Rome and the United States both have a legislature in which power is balanced between two houses. were elected to lead Rome and command the army. This is a similar position in the United States as the .

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.