A british settlement in the new world. many of these eventually became states

If you're looking for a word that matches the given definition, I believe the answer you are looking for is colonies.

Explanation:

There were originally 13 British colonies in North America, hence the 13 stars on the flag. After the American Revolution, these colonies became states. Over the years, America gained more territory and eventually made more states out of said territory.

i think one answer could be this poet uses no rhyme.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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