FFoouurrtthh SSeeccoonnddaarryy LLiitteerraattuurree
PPooeettrryy
VVooccaabbuullaarryy LLiisstt
If you see fn, it means footnote. In other words, the textbook itself gives you a definition in
a footnote.
BY ROBERT FROST:
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
queer
harness
the sweep
downy
flake
The Road Not Taken
diverged
bent (>to bend)
undergrowth
fair
wanted wear
worn (to wear)
trodden (>tread)
a sigh
hence
The Death of the Hired Man
musing
porch
haying
to harbour
be beholden fn
wages
coax
scarce
worn out
huddled
dragged
nodding off
ditch the meadow fn
to grudge
to jumble
queer
a likely lad
daft
blazing
load
to pitch hay
to linger
to pique
hazel prong fn
accomplishment
tags
to pour
apron
taut
dew
eaves
wrought
to mock
hound
trail
to lean out
to toss
to wind (uaind)
kin
kinsfolk
worthless
dim
Fire and Ice
perish
suffice
BY EMILY DICKINSON:
I Never Saw a Moor
moor
heather
billow
spot
checks fn
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
to perch
gale
sore
to abash
chillest (>chilly)
crumb
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church
bobolink
chorister
orchard
dome
surplice
tolling (>to toll)
sexton
to preach
clergyman
BY A.E. HOUSMAN:
To an Athlete Dying Young
fn means the note that appears at the foot of the page where the poem appears in the book.
chaired fn – carried on shoulders
cheering – shouting praises, words of encouragement and admiration
threshold – where feet are placed at the entrance of any determined area (check images www)
townsman – inhabitant of a town
lad - boy
slip away - escape quietly, like from a party
betimes fn - quickly, soon, at the right moment
to wither – to dry up. Used for plants.
to cut the record fn – to surpass the latest record made in sports
to stop – to close by filling or obstructing
swell the rout fn – make a crowd grow in size
to wear out – to consume, to use up
to set – to place, to put
to outrun – to run faster than
fleet foot - quick foot
sill of shade fn - Synonym for threshold. (It can also be used for a window: window sill.)
lintel – top part of an entrance (check images www)
to flock – to gather together in a group. It is the verb form of the noun flock in The Ballad..
to gaze – to contemplate. To look at long and steadily.
garland - A garland is a decorative wreath or cord, used at festive occasions, which can be hung round a person's neck, or on
inanimate objects like Christmas trees. Originally garlands were made of flowers or leaves. In modern times, other materials have been used.
wreath - A wreath is a ring made of flowers, leaves and sometimes fruits that can be used as an ornament, hanging on a wall or door, or
resting on a table. A small wreath can be also worn on the head as a form of headdress.
brief – of short duration
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS:
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
clay
wattles fn
thatched roof fn
hive
glade
cricket
glimmer
glow
linnet
to lap (lapping)
shore
heart’s core
The Ballad of Father Gilligan
fn means footnote, that is, the notes at the foot of the book page where the poem appears.
priest
Catholic religious minister
flock
group of sheep (In this context it means the group of church members.)
weary
extremely tired
green sods
chunks of grass
to nod (nodded)
move head up and down when you are falling asleep
moth-hour fn
the evening
to send for smo
to send a messenger to call smo (someone)
to grieve
in this context, to complain
spake (>to speak)
spoke
to peep
to look at secretly and quickly
shade
darkness
time of sparrow-chirp
time of the bird´s singing (morning)
mavrone fn
Irish expression of sorrow
lane
narrow country road
fen
wetlands
grief
sorrow
to sway
to move back and forward
wrapped
covered
purple
this color is the symbol of royalty
pity
compassion
BY WALT WHITMAN:
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
figures
ranged
charts
to lecture
lecture-room
unaccountable fn
to glide out
to wander
moist
Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun
1
beams
orchard
arbor
trellis
plateaus
to warble
sanities
to adhere
glutted (>to glut)
trampling (>to trample)
2
trottoirs fn
flush’d
reckless
thinn’d ranks
shores
wharves
steamer
streaming (>to stream)
rustle
clank
muskets
wounded
Song of Myself: Chant 6
flag of my disposition fn
woven (>to weave)
remembrancer
designedly
to transpire
off-spring
laps
uttering (>to utter)
hints
sprout
to arrest
A Noiseless Patient Spider
mark’d
promontory fn
the vast fn
to launch
unreeling
detached
ceaselessly
musing
gossamer thread
to fling