While Freneau was not, as were some other poets, highly conscious of the issue of American literary independence, he is representative of it.

Think about what the term "American literary independence means.
How is Freneau's work representative of it?

How does Freneau fit into the bitter political struggles of the 1790s?
What other examples of that struggle both before and after that time can you think of?

Who is Sir Toby?
What point does Freneau make in that poem?

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