"The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won,"

Directions: What does Walt Whitman refer by 'object won'?

The correct answer is 'the end of the civil war.'

Key Points

• The given lines are from the poem ''Oh Captain My Captain'' by Walt Whitman.
• This poem was written in 1865 during the civil war and President Lincoln.
• From the given lines, Whitman means that Lincoln can rest peacefully because the union has won the war and the U.S can start to recover from the war.
• Therefore, we can say that Walt Whitman refers to ''the end of a battle'' by 'object won'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.