Chapter I

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From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

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United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

plural of “announcement” — a formal public statement

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the month following March and preceding May

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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

at the same time that; because; in the way that

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in or near a particular place or position

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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

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showing who or what does the action

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

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young bird especially of domestic fowl

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

a young person of either sex

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

plural of “choice” — the person or thing chosen or selected

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

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an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

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English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

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travel across or pass over

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

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an evil supernatural being

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

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A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

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United States novelist (1871-1945)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

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every person

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

accept an excuse for

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Far off Everybody loved her.

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From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

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the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

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a person of German nationality

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United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a young female

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Far off Everybody loved her.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

(Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC)

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

conformity or harmony

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

held dear

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

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From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a vaguely specified concern

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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Far off Everybody loved her.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

literature in metrical form

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a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

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a person who enjoys reading

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a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

From this reading R. G. German Poetry William Saphier An Isaiah Without a Christ Charles Zwaska Announcements Flamingo Dreams Lupo de Braila New York Letter Allan Ross Macdougall The Theatre Book Discussion The Reader Critic Vers Libre Prize Contest $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

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of inferior status or quality

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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

United States playwright (1896-1955)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

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subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading APRIL, 1916 Four Poems CARL SANDBURG Gone Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.

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plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Four Poems: Carl Sandburg Gone Graves Choices Child of the Romans Portrait of Carl Sandburg by Elizabeth Buehrmann Dreiser Sherwood Anderson To John Cowper Powys Arthur Davison Ficke A Letter from London Ezra Pound A Sorrowful Demon Alexander S. Kaun The Poet Speaks Margaret C. Anderson Poems: Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne The Cry The Excuse The Cross What Then—?

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants.

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not having, not using, or not accompanied by

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a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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