they set fire to it on august 24, 1814. Explanation:
1. the Catholic population in poverty
He says that they principal breeders are the Papists. This means they are the Catholics. He uses the word Papists because it is a demeaning term for people who follow the Pope. The Pope is the spiritual leader of the Catholic church. He calls them principal breeders because he believes all they do is have children.
2. criticize the growing influence of the catholic population
By saying good Protestants, he is inferring that the Catholics are not good. Instead of staying where they'd be forced to financially support "an episcopal curate", they leave.
We have to wait and see- and is r*blox a slur now-
A Possible Explanation: I believe the metaphor at the end, "being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun", is referring back to the personification/simile seen here: "midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses".
In tandem, the word lemmings has two meanings, as read in the dictionary: "a small, short-tailed, thickset rodent related to the voles, found in the Arctic tundra."
and
"a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction."
I believe "autumn's fire" and "the sun" are both symbolic of war, an idea of it, and/or passion for it. I read that this poem is criticizing the human aspect that is war and how short-lived and ignorant it all ends up coming out to be.
I hope this helps ♡
