The answer in which Paine used the phrases "precariousness of human affairs," "while we have it in our power," and "time and chance" is B.
to evoke in colonists the need for urgency in their quest for independence. This is to represent their want for freedom against the colonizers in that time.
"Sea-scented beach" is an example of both alliteration and assonance due to the fact that, (alliteration) you have two repeating consonants "<em>s</em><em />ea-<em>s</em><em />cented..." and assonance because of the "ea" in sea, and the "ea" in beach make the same sound.
D. a formal poem using extensive repitition.
