What tone does the word or phrase "though the wind pried/with its stiff fingers/ at the very foundations" evoke? Is the tone formal or informal? passage is "The Journey By Mary Oliver"

Both men foresaw the us as a great future power. however, they differed on the path the nation was to follow in achieving this role. while jefferson preferred an agrarian nation, hamilton favored an industrial and business intensive nation. as such, jefferson detested hamilton's idea of a strong federal government. jefferson wanted the bulk of power to rest with the states. these major views were behind polarizing washington's cabinet into two distinct factions. hamilton's followers became known as federalists and jefferson's democratic-republicans.

The lower class, the groundings, paid the lowest amount.  i took the test