01-20-2022, 04:53 AM
Walt Whitman is worth considering
He was a man well ahead of his time. But his “O Captain” poem is very traditional
Today it strikes us as being a bit over the top but the raw emotion in it was fit for the occasion and relevant to its time.
Was MLK a radical? Much less than the Bolshevik, so hard to see it that way now, but maybe for white America back in the day he was a revolutionary
He was a man well ahead of his time. But his “O Captain” poem is very traditional
Today it strikes us as being a bit over the top but the raw emotion in it was fit for the occasion and relevant to its time.
Was MLK a radical? Much less than the Bolshevik, so hard to see it that way now, but maybe for white America back in the day he was a revolutionary