<u><em>A sachem is the chief or leader of a tribe, and having anyone of your community do an act of defection (change loyalty to the opposite side) is the beginning of lots of issues, those including: treason, increasing number of deserters, a weakening tribe, etc. Those are the reasons why a sachem should be concern about defection.</em></u>
Yes, his sermon was highly effective because contemporary readers can feel the fear and sting of Edwards’ threats
There were many practices common among modernist poets, such as the following: insistent breaks with the immediate past, its different inventions, "making it new" with elements from culture remote in space and time, the questions of impersonality and objectivity, emphasizing the personal imagination, culture, emotions and memories of the poet. Intellectual statements which the world could relate to were more important than personal statements.
