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Read the Above Lines and Amswer the Question that Follow. Give an Example of Antithesis from the Poem ‘The Patriot: an Old Story.’ - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? "....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.

Read the above lines and amswer the question that follow.

Give an example of Antithesis from the poem ‘The Patriot: An Old Story.’

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“Thus I entered, and thus 1 go!” is an example of antithesis.

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Chapter 1.08: The Patriot - Stanza 6

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