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| thistle | Any of numerous weedy plants having prickly leaves and variously colored flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts |
| trolley | a metal structure (cart) on wheels that is used for carrying things |
| pastoral | (of a piece of art, writing, or music) having or representing the pleasant, traditional features of the countryside |
| terminate (adj.) | forming the outermost or final boundary |
| isolate (adj.) | separate, cut off |
| poppy | a type of flower |
| shingle (n.) | small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach |
| incantatory | chanting or uttering as though one is casting a spell |
| plebian | relating to the common people (connotes low social standing) |
| wistful | pensive and longing |
| detached | unemotional, indifferent, aloof |
| condescending | disdainful, superior, patronizing |
| dismissive | flippant, indifferent, unconcerned |
| lush | abundant |
| fractured | broken, fragmented |
| snide | sarcastic, mean-spirited |
| diction | word choice |
| concrete | specific, distinct |
| syntax | sentence structure |
| metaphorical | figurative, not literal |
| masculine | rhyme of only one stressed syllable (disdain/complain or stomp/chomp) |
| alliteration | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter or sound |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within a line or lines or poetry |
| feminine | rhyme of two or more syllables (commotion/potion) |
| personification | figure of speech which gives human characteristics to something that is not human |
| extended metaphor | a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or words at the start of successive sentences or clauses |
| enjambment | the running over of a sentence from one line of verse into the next |
