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An Analysis of Litany at the Tomb of Frederick Douglass by Martin Espada
    Political subjects often grab the attention of the poets of modern age. The compositions based on politics as well as social affairs related to it are addressed effectively. Martin Espada is one of the modern poets in this context that take political subjects as their primary source of poetry. In his famous work Litany at the Tomb of Frederick Douglas, he celebrates the rise of Obama, as the African American man as the most powerful man in the world. The core essence of the poem centers over the joy and wonder that the poet feels by putting his feet into the shoes of Douglas. The poem is remarkable in the sense that it offers historical references that are deliberately made to showcase how racial inequalities were structured around the social biases; the rise of someone belonging to the marginalized people is an example which eliminates the scales of social biases in the modern context.
    At first, it is significant to note here that Espada refers back to the past to provide comparative overview of the two different phases of society; One that belonged to Frederick Douglas while the other one belongs to the modern society. He is of the view that Douglas would have been overjoyed and shocked, had he seen Obama rising to the office. The comparative overview taken by him is backed up by portrayal of the historic figure of...