Poetry

Poetry Glossary

contempt

a state of strongly disliking or disdaining something or someone

dilate

increasing in size

derivative

coming from another source, lacking originality

statistician

a mathematician dealing with statistics

autocrat

rulers with unlimited authority

insolence

a state of being contemptuous, impudent

defiant

refusing to do something or pushing back against something or someone

prominence

importance, a place of public recognition

literalists

people who rigidly adhere to observable and explicit facts

fiddle

trivial things

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