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Oct 24 – “stooks” – “a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry”

Posted on October 24, 2016 by poetry

Monday, October 24,  “stooks arise around” Hopkins often chooses words with long historical roots that wrinkle the foreheads of present-tense readers; hence the definition of “stooks”:  “. . . sheaves set upright in a field”   —  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stooks 1st morning … Continue reading →

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