Glossary of Terms
Adversity
a challenge or difficultyBeck
beckon; to call or lead onBourds
tricksCouplet
Collection of two lines of poetryDivers
severalEke
alsoFain
willing, compelled or obligedFeign
to pretendGrame
sorrowGraven
EngravedGuise
appearanceHind
A female deer.In ure
customary, accepted behavior.Lever
preferable, betterLure
Falconer's tool to entice and control his bird.Lute
String instrument with wooden body and neck.Lynn
to stopNoli me tangere
An Italian phrase meaning 'touch me not'. Believed to have been the words spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdelene.Octet
Collection of eight lines of poetryPerdie
an interjection meaning 'for God's sake'Perforce
as circumstance dictatesPersever
tolerate or endurePlato
Ancient Greek philosopher, born 424 BC.Quatrain
collection of four lines of poetryQuintain
collection of five lines of poetryRecure
to recover or regainReined
restrained, controlledRuth
compassionSenec
Seneca - a Roman philospoher and polymath, born around 4BC.Sestet
Colllection of six lines of poetrySwoon
to faintTercet
colllection of three lines of poetryVain travail
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