What arguments is Thomas Paine trying to make in this excerpt?

Which techniques best describe the tone the author is using in this passage?

Excerpt from marsupials carole jenkins they are basically very timid animals and 5 exscape from their enemies by jumping away on their strong and powerful hind legs. look at the underlined section labelled 5. there may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. if you find a mistake choose the answer that corrects the mistake. if there is no mistake, choose ‘correct as is.’ a) correct as is. b) escape from their enemies by jumping away c) exscape from there enemies by jumping away d) exscape from their enemie’s by jumping away

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "