riding my bike down a steep hill
Answer:
The Black Lives Matter protests that have followed the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police officers remind Margaret Burnham of 1968.
Explanation:
At that time, the national response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. combined with ongoing protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War to plunge an already divided nation more deeply into turmoil.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a 'Neoclassical' poem, including its usage of 'heroic couplets' and its 'elevated' style of language.
