What event/action/philosophy did this poem help inspire/bring to an end?

For this second essay, you should:

Select a poem or poems that intrigue / interest you, and that have a significant response and/or connection to a particular cultural, political, or social movement.
Write a 4-5 page essay that explicates the poem(s), but that also considers the context of the poem.
Some questions your essay might answer include:
To what event/action/philosophy was this poem responding?
What event/action/philosophy did this poem help inspire/bring to an end?
Are there ways in which this poem could have had a more significant impact on society?
Without this poem, where would poetry and/or African American poetry be?
What about the biography of the poet informs the poem itself?
In short, you will want to explain what the poem is saying, how it is saying it, but also begin to answer questions about why. Exhaust this poem, and make sure your reader can see that you are assessing it as an object within the world, not just a passive text that comments upon the world from the sidelines.

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