What was on people's minds at the time of the when Lincoln says “On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago…”?

How can you paraphrase this, this is about golden age fallacies.these are all rational people who know that older is not necessarily better, but many are taken in by this fallacy and seem no longer able to reason with any degree of reliability

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase

What literary technique is evident in these words from beowulf?