Typesetter to river pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, lecturer, author, publisher, businessman and family man.
Answer: In lines 16-20, the rhyme scheme abaab is used. The mood expressed through the words is that of wistfulness and reminiscence.
Sentimentality is also known to be manipulative. Oftentimes, sentimentalism obscures the facts of an actual event. Indeed, in this stanza, the narrator changes what he said earlier in the poem (that the two paths "had worn... really about the same") and states "I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference." This is a sentimental trick. He views his actions as having made all the difference, but he actually chose the path almost at random. These sounds ("I") add to this wistful, sentimental shift.
<span>Cats are lovable and—hey, stop eating my plant, you bad cat!
This is because the speaker is being cut off, which in this case is what the dash should be placed, the speaker is obviously being knocked off course from their sentence, stopping abruptly.</span>
It is a delicious meal, isn’t it?
Answer:
- The religious beliefs of American Indian and European cultures.
- The daily life in American Indian tribes and British colonies.
- The struggle to survive long journeys and harsh landscapes.
- The challenge of establishing a government and enforcing laws.
- The desire for freedom and self-governance.
Poetry often reflects the concerns of daily life of the authors, and early American literature is not an exception. The topics that were discussed in this early period matched the main concerns of colonists, such as adapting to a new territory and building a new society.
Some of the main authors of this time period are Edward Taylor, Michael Whigglesworth, Nicholas Noyes, Daniel Gookin and Alexander Whitaker.
