Which statements should be included in an effective summary of “Old Ironsides”? Select the two correct answers. "Old Ironsides" was the nickname of the USS Constitution, an American warship that was involved in the War of 1812. Although it contains outdated language, the poem conveys feelings shared by all Americans, past and present. Details and actions of heroes who served on the USS Constitution are commemorated in the poem’s first four stanzas. The poem was written to prevent a national symbol from being destroyed.

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

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."

c) eager anticipation.