Vocabulary #9 abnegation-self-denial; giving up something filaments-very slender natural or synthetic fiber limpid-clear, clean; without blemish or confusion
elegy-serious poem of lament, usually mourning a death or another great loss mundane-dull, ordinary, boring, common promontory-a natural elevation, especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea
free verse – poetry that doesn’t have a regular meter or rhyme scheme copious -in great quantity, abundant nimbus- type of cloud; indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint quintessence – the purest and perfect embodiment of something