whirled
flew in circles, wheeled around and around
pantomime
a type of theatrical entertainment using music and exaggerated mimed gestures in place of words
inflection
variations in pitch and tone of a voice or musical note
innuendo
a suggestive or hinting remark
barbaric
savagely cruel; primitive; vicious
indecipherable
not able to be read or understood
Haddam
a town in Connecticut
lucid
clear, understandable, bright
bawd
a woman who runs a brothel.
Here, metaphorically, anyone who traffics in cheap pleasures of sound or poetry.
euphony
the quality of being harmonious, pleasing to the ear. The opposite of cacophony.
equipage
a horse-drawn carriage with attendants; or, all the equipment associated with a particular means of transportation
cedar-limbs
branches of cedar trees
