The poetry of colonial Americal shows that people needed a stable government and economy before they could make great advances in cultural pursuits such as literature, music, and painting.In this period, an impressive body of literature, mostly nonfiction prose, such as autobiography and sermon were produced.
<span>Antithesis is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition. An example of antithesis in "The Crisis" is what we attain too cheap we esteem too lightly.
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