"Old Ironsides" is a poem that focuses on the strength and tradition of the United States in order to

assert that the United States is equal to or better than the nations of Europe

Explanation:

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

i am almost certain that man symbolizes communism in this passage.

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