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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.

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characteristics

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪks/Used In Literature ↓

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

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. characteristicscharacteristics physicalcharacteristics generalcharacteristics personalcharacteristics certain
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Poetry examples for characteristics

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

professional contacts are identified at their first mention. Annotations, textual

variants, and specific physical characteristics of the journals are described,

particularly when this information affects the meaning of the text. Marginalia

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