Read the following excerpt from the american crisis and answer the question. wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. from an excess of tenderness, we were unwilling to raise an army, and trusted our cause to the temporary defense of a well-meaning militia. what is the purpose of these lines? to describe what it is like to face an enemy in battle to show how peaceful relations can be achieved to emphasize the need for force to suggest the price of seeking freedom

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.