"The Bad Young Man" and Other Poems Glossary

"The Bad Young Man" and Other Poems Glossary

grouch

grumbler, moaner

pipestem

with very thin arms and legs (like pipe stems)

penance

atonement, paying back for one's sins

kumara god

a Hindu god of war

reverberate

to echo, to resound

Hine-nui-te-po

the Maori goddess of night and death

kelp

seaweed, algae

frond

the leaf of a palm or fern

raconteur

the storyteller, the narrator

corolla

a crown made out of flowers

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