Charlotte Mew: Poetry Glossary

by Charlotte Mew

Charlotte Mew: Poetry Glossary

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Written by Lina Christoph

thrush

a type of small songbird

vex

to annoy, to irritate, to bother

gleaner

a farmer

a quoi bon dire

French for: what good is it to say

trodden

squashed, trampled on

Fin De Fête

French for: the end of the party

sere

withered, shriveled

Et avec ça - mais on a vécu, tout se paie

French for: And with that - but we lived, everything paid for

Pêcheresse

French for: sinner

loiter

to dilly-dally, to linger, to hang around

enmity

hostility, antagonism, animosity

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