How do the settings of "because i could not stop for death" and "some keep the sabbath going to church" differ? traveling in the former represents a journey toward death, while the setting of the latter shows that the speaker is well grounded. the landscape in the former represents a worshipful attitude toward nature, while the natural setting is only symbolic in the latter. the setting of the former is separate from the poem’s themes, while the setting of the latter is merely a backdrop for a larger theme. the countryside setting in the former creates a dreamlike mood, while the setting of the latter creates a mood of artificial happiness.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."