Yes, his sermon was highly effective because contemporary readers can feel the fear and sting of Edwards’ threats
They’re similar since they end in -ter and -tor, which generally sound similar, but they’re different as “director” is a noun meaning a person who directs something, while “shatter” is a verb meaning to break something into tiny pieces (you can shatter a window, a glass, a plate, etc).
Stanza's are the building blocks of formal poetry, like paragraphs in a story or verses in a song.
Child labour takes place when children are forced to work at an age when they are expected to work, study and enjoy their phase of innocence. It implies lost or deprived childhood that leads to exploitation of children in various forms: mental, physical, social, sexual
If someone has their head down or they’re sad, you tell them to keep their chin up so that their crown doesn’t slip. Telling them that they should stay happy or they’re worth it