Collection 3: Poems About Nature

As you compare Pablo Neruda's "Ode to enchanted light" and Mary Oliver's "Sleeping in the Forest," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 7's Collection 3: Mississippi Solo, The Tempest, Allied with Green, Big Rocks' Balancing Acts, poems about nature
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  1. ode
    a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  2. enchanted
    influenced as by charms or incantations
  3. lattice
    framework consisting of an ornamental wood or metal design
  4. drift
    be in motion due to some air or water current
  5. lichen
    a plant occurring in crusty patches on tree trunks or rocks
  6. float
    be in motion due to some air or water current
  7. grapple
    grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
  8. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  9. doom
    an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  10. vanish
    pass away rapidly
Created on Wed Jul 09 13:27:16 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:35:25 EDT 2014)

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