What is machiavelli's primary purpose in writing this
passage?
o to inform readers about the history of rome and sparta
and how they built their empires
o to inform readers about the fates of the cities
conquered by the spartans and the romans
o to persuade readers that a conquering prince must
destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it
o to persuade readers that a republic will remember
freedom and someday rebel against a conqueror

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief