Read the stanza from "night." o night, you take the petals of the roses in your hand, but leave the stark core of the rose to perish on the branch. what does the word “stark” mean in this stanza? a. bare b. simple c. strong d. soft

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

answer: sure

explanation: i'd love to know everything but that burden is too much to bare.