English Poetry 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Coda | the closing section of a musical composition |
| Occasional | occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals |
| Melodious | pleasant tune or sound |
| Coy | affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way |
| Conversion | a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life |
| Quaint | strange in an interesting or pleasing way |
| Sable | black |
| Sultry | hot/humid |
| Amours | relating to sexual desire |
| Strife | conflict |
| Tarry | stay longer than intended |
| Mortality | subject to death |
| Invective | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will |
| Cloven | split in two |
| Infirmity | physical/ mental weakness |
| Laborious | needing time and effort |
| Pastoral | idealizing country life |
| Elegy | reflection; lament for death |
| Motif | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| Tension | mental/ emotional strain |
| Promontory | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
| Perfidious | untrustworthy |
| Sanguine | red |
| Mitered | hat a bishop wears; been given the authority |
| Contagion | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted |
| Privy | sharing the knowledge of something secret |
| Vales | valley |
| Wanton | unprovoked; deliborate |
| Vernal | relating to spring |
| Interpose | to insert between other elements |
| Uncouth | laking manners |
| Monody | reconizing a persons death |
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