After reading Philip Freneau's “The Indian Burying Ground” (65-66), answer the following questions:
What form is the poem in? How is this a transitional piece based on the form and type of work we are reading?
What is his argument concerning the relationship between reason and superstition? How does he represent
Native American culture? What are the political implications of this? In what ways does the poem offer a
critique of Enlightenment thought and pave the way for a new way of thinking?
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