adversity
a challenge or difficulty
aloft
at a great height; in the air
apace
swiftly
assay
test or determine
beck
beckon; to call or lead on
bourds
tricks
caesura
a complete pause in a line of poetry; a phrase that ends in the middle of a line of verse
consort
accompany
couplet
Collection of two lines of poetry
divers
several
eke
also
enjambment
the breaking of a phrase or sentence across two lines of verse
fain
willing, compelled or obliged
Feign
to pretend
galley
a ship propelled by rowers, used for warfare, piracy or trade
grame
sorrow
graven
engraved
guise
appearance
hind
a female deer
in ure
customary, accepted behavior
indite
to compose, as a poem
lever
preferable, better
list
wish, desire
lure
falconer's tool used to entice and control his bird.
lute
a string instrument with wooden body and neck
lynn
to stop
meek
quiet; gentle; submissive
Noli me tangere
a Latin phrase meaning 'touch me not'; believed to have been the words spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdelene.
octet
collection of eight lines of poetry
pease
appease; satisfy
perdie
an interjection meaning 'for God's sake'
perforce
as circumstance dictates
persever
tolerate or endure
plain
complain
Plato
Ancient Greek philosopher, born 424 BC.
quatrain
collection of four lines of poetry
quintain
collection of five lines of poetry
recure
to recover or regain
reined
restrained; controlled
ruth
compassion
Senec
Seneca - a Roman Stoic philospoher and polymath, born around 4BC.
sestet
collection of six lines of poetry
swoon
faint
tercet
colllection of three lines of poetry
thorough
through
unquit
free
vain travail
pointless effort
vehemence
forcefulness or intensity
whoso
whoever
wreak
cause or inflict
