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Dickinson
Question | Answer |
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Divine | of or from God |
Ample | Fully sufficient or more than enough |
Civility | Politeness and courtesy |
Strove | exerted oneself vigorously |
Gossamer | Thin soft material |
Tippet | Shawl |
Tulle | fine netting |
Cornice | molding at the top of a building |
Surmise | to guess |
Discerning | showing good judgement and understanding |
Prevail | to win or ovecome |
Assent | agree |
demur | raise an objection |
slant | tilted sideways |
Circuit | an indirect path |
infirm | feeble or weak |
superb | admirably fine or excellent |
denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
connotation | the ideas and feelings a word brings to a reader |
extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that goes on for many lines in a poem |
theme | a lesson or moral |