Poetry Anthology - Class X & XI

Faheem A.
The Complete Anthology for 2013 & 2014
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  1. wood spurge
    European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
  2. wobbling
    (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
  3. wobbling
    (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
  4. wintertime
    the coldest season of the year
  5. willowherb
    a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
  6. whine
    a complaint uttered in a plaintive way
  7. weeds
    a black garment worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
  8. weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
  9. wainscoting
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  10. wainscot
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  11. wainscot
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  12. violet
    a small flower that is usually bluish-purple
  13. violet
    a bluish-purple color
  14. vicious
    having the nature of evildoing
  15. vicious
    having the nature of evildoing
  16. versification
    the art or practice of writing literature in metrical form
  17. trough
    a long narrow shallow receptacle
  18. trough
    a long narrow shallow receptacle
  19. trough
    a container from which cattle or horses feed
  20. tropic
    either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
  21. tread
    put down, place, or press the foot
    In 'Horses' by Edwin Muir used in past tense as trod.
  22. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  23. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  24. tiger
    a fierce or audacious person
  25. tidy
    marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
  26. tidily
    in a tidy manner
  27. threaded
    (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
  28. thread
    a fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving
  29. thickset
    having a short and solid form or stature
  30. tercet
    a rhythmic group of three lines of verse
  31. tench
    freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
  32. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  33. synesthetic metaphor
    a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
  34. swath
    a path or strip (also figurative)
  35. surrender
    relinquish possession or control over
  36. surreal
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
  37. stubble
    short hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved
  38. stipple
    engrave by means of dots and flicks
  39. steep
    having a sharp inclination
  40. steep
    having a sharp inclination
  41. stealthily
    in a manner marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  42. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  43. springtime
    the season of growth
  44. spring
    move forward by leaps and bounds
  45. splendour
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
  46. sonnet
    a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
    Another form, a 'mini-me' of th4 sonnet is called 'curtal'. 'Pied Beauty' by Gerard Manley Hopkins is a curtal.
  47. smouldering
    showing scarcely suppressed anger
  48. smog
    air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
  49. skirting
    being all around the edges; enclosing
  50. skirting
    being all around the edges; enclosing
  51. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  52. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
  53. shove
    come into rough contact with while moving
  54. shoot
    fire a shot
  55. sestet
    a group of six lines of verse
  56. seraphic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
    Used in 'Horses' by Edwin Muir as 'seraphim'.
  57. sensibility
    mental responsiveness and awareness
  58. scythe
    an edge tool for cutting grass
    See: 'A Different History' by Sujata Bhatt.
  59. Sarasvati
    Hindu goddess of learning and the arts
    See: 'A Different History' by Sujata Bhatt.
  60. sanity
    normal or sound powers of mind
  61. sanitary
    free from filth and pathogens
  62. sag
    droop, sink, or settle
  63. sacred
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
  64. reel
    a winder around which flexible materials can be wound
  65. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  66. quest
    the act of searching for something
    Used in 'Hunting Snake' by Judith Wright as 'quested'.
  67. quatrain
    a stanza of four lines
  68. prosody
    the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  69. privet
    any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
  70. poem
    a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
  71. plough
    a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
  72. planking
    planks collectively; a quantity of planks
  73. piston
    mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
  74. pine
    have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    Senior citizens usually pine for the good old days.
  75. pike
    highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
  76. pike
    weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole
  77. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
    See 'Pied Beauty' by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
  78. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  79. permutation
    a complete change in character or condition
  80. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  81. pectoral
    an adornment worn on the chest or breast
  82. pathetic fallacy
    the attribution of human feelings to inanimate objects
  83. Pan
    god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks
    See. A Different History by Sujata Bhatt.
  84. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  85. oppressor
    a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
  86. octave
    a musical interval of eight tones
  87. obliquely
    not in a direct or straightforward manner
  88. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  89. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  90. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
    For ex: fathers-forth in 'Pied Beauty'.
  91. mute
    expressed without speech
  92. mould
    the distinctive form in which a thing is made
  93. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
  94. mixed metaphor
    a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
  95. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  96. meter
    rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  97. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  98. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  99. mane
    long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
  100. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  101. majesty
    impressiveness in scale or proportion
  102. lumbering
    slow and laborious because of weight
  103. lingering
    the act of tarrying
  104. lily pad
    floating leaves of a water lily
  105. lid
    a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
  106. knead
    use the hands to mix and work something into a uniform mass
  107. ire
    anger; irritability
  108. immigrate
    come into a new country and change residency
  109. hysteria
    state of violent mental agitation
  110. hypnosis
    a state that resembles sleep induced by suggestion
  111. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  112. hoof
    the hard foot of some mammals
    In 'Horses' by Edwin Muir used as hooves.
  113. hen
    adult female chicken
  114. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  115. halcyon
    marked by peace and prosperity
  116. gullet
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  117. grid
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
  118. grange
    a farm or farmhouse with outbuildings
  119. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
  120. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  121. glory
    a state of high honor
  122. gloom
    a state of partial or total darkness
  123. gloam
    the time of day immediately following sunset
  124. gleaming
    bright with a steady but subdued shining
  125. gleam
    a flash of light
  126. gill
    organ allowing aquatic animals to obtain oxygen from water
  127. furrow
    a long shallow trench in the ground
  128. fry
    cook on a hot surface using fat
    In 'Pike' by Ted Hughes, pike here means a newly hatched fish - see last stanza.
  129. frosty
    covered with a thin layer of ice
  130. frail
    physically weak
  131. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  132. flicker
    flash intermittently
  133. finch
    any of numerous small songbirds with short bills
  134. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  135. enjambment
    continuation from one line of verse into the next line
  136. end-stopped
    (verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line
  137. emigrate
    leave one's country of residence for a new one
  138. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  139. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  140. dove
    any of numerous small pigeons
  141. dome
    a concave shape whose concavity faces downward
  142. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  143. dexterity
    adroitness in using the hands
  144. demiurge
    a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
  145. delicacy
    the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
  146. dappled-gray
    grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
  147. dappled
    having spots or patches of color
  148. dais
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
  149. curtal
    (obsolete) cut short
    In Poetry, this refers to a small 11 line sonnet. For example, the poem 'Pied Beauty' is a curtal.
  150. cringing
    totally submissive
  151. conspirator
    a member of a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  152. concrete
    capable of being perceived by the senses
  153. composed
    serenely self-possessed and free from agitation
  154. compose
    produce a literary work
  155. clucking
    the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
  156. cavern
    a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
  157. cast
    put or send forth
  158. capsize
    overturn accidentally
  159. caesura
    a break or pause in the middle of a verse line
  160. brinded
    having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
  161. bough
    any of the larger branches of a tree
  162. blizzard
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
  163. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
  164. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  165. battered
    damaged by blows or hard usage
  166. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  167. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  168. apocalyptic
    of or relating to a catastrophe
  169. anthropomorphism
    the representation of objects as having human form
  170. anaesthesia
    loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
  171. amnesia
    partial or total loss of memory
  172. amber
    a deep yellow color
  173. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  174. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  175. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  176. abstract
    existing only in the mind
Created on 十月 24, 2013 (updated 十一月 1, 2013)

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