Word: lewises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The poet of the industrial society, Lewis said, has not achieved the "imaginative understanding" of his environment which is the basis of Iyric poetry, "The contemtemporary poet instinctively distrusts the present. Poetry," he said, "must come to terms with the urban-industrial landscape or else fade away with a long...
Lewis noted that a lack of tenderness has always characterized the poetry of the city. He quoted numerous English and Irish ballads, speaking with Midland and Irish accents when appropriate, to show that the street song is more often comic or dramatic than tender. "The golden age of innocence and...
Lewis also described the street ballad's abundant subject matter. "The ballads, like modern newspapers, were filled with sex encounters, battles, and murders," he said. "The poor man then, as today, relished the predicaments of his superiors, whether of the gallows or in the bed."
2 p.m.--John Lewis, Chairman of SNCC, Robert Mants, SNCC staff, and Hosea Williams, SCLC staff, are leading the march. They are in the process of organizing into companies and squads, with company commanders and squad leaders.
John Lewis: