Catherine de Médici was able to "manipulate" European politics in the sixteenth century by marrying her daughters to the kings of Spain and France, since she is altering the minds of those elected through marriage.
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The destruction of any public property, be it statues or historical buildings, is completely unjustifiable. Not only does destroying these artifacts not benefit anyone, but it hurts countless people. From public workers, who'd have to either rebuild or clean up the destroyed property, to people with connections to the monuments having to deal with the losses, no one is benefited by blatant acts of destruction such as these. And, arguably, not even those who commit them.
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The poet uses strong verbs to create rhythm and to develop the meaning of the poem. They use alliteration. They use it in one-syllable words such as "burn, break, blow." This creates a kind of beat and rhythm in the poem. It also emphasizes the meaning of those words. There was also a lot of "me" in the sonnet. In the line, "Your viceroy in me, me should defend, uses repetition in "me" to emphasize it and to prove a good flow into the next line. This is only a couple of ways in which poets can create rhythm and develop meaning in their poems.
