Graphite is a naturally-occurring form of crystalline carbon. It is a native element mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks. Graphite is a mineral of extremes.It is extremely soft, cleaves with very light pressure and has a very low specific gravity.hat remains is a nearly pure carbon material that crystallizes into mineral graphite. This graphite occurs in seams that correspond to the original layer of coal. When mined the material is known as amorphous graphite. The word amorphous is actually incorrect in this usage as it does have a crystalline structure.
O Captain! My Captain! Written on the occasion Abraham Lincolnâs assassination, âO Captain! My Captain!â was first published in the New York Saturday Press (November 1865) and was later included, along with âWhen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomâd,â in a group of poems titled âSequelâ to Drum Taps (1865).
However, O Captain! My Captain! is organized into three eight-line stanzas, each with an AABBCDED rhyme scheme. Each stanza closes with the words fallen cold and dead, and the first four lines of each stanza are longer than the last four lines.