59:56 Read the excerpt from "George Washington."
Which is the central idea in this excerpt?
He did not infringe upon the policy making powers that
he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the
determination of foreign policy became preponderantly
a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution
led to a major war between France and England,
Washington refused to accept entirely the
recommendations of either his Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who
was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral
course until the United States could grow stronger.
O The French Revolution led to a major war between
France and England during Washington's
presidency
Washington followed a foreign policy of not taking
sides in conflicts between other countries.
Washington's secretary of state was Thomas
Jefferson and his secretary of the treasury was
Alexander Hamilton.
Washington's understanding of the Constitution
meant that he did not infringe on the powers of
Congress

Write a minimum 150-word response in which you explain how hughes uses poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, consonance, and enjambment to reveal his theme in "theme for english b."

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls