- collecting basin for area precipitation and a series of channels to conduct the water out of the area and toward the sea. - an interconnected group of streams. - collects water over a large area. - drains water toward the ocean.
A A A. Email. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. The first poetry slam competition was held in Chicago in 1984.
The first rule of poetry is that there is no universal âdeep meaningâ. You can through meaning out of the window. What matters if your, the readerâs, interpretation. Now this having been said, the general consensus is that itâs a metaphorical poem about Abraham Lincolnâs death. Lincoln has âcaptainâed the nation (represented by the ship) to a better place by ending the Civil War and slavery.