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E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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verb

To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

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fief

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/fiːf/Used In Literature ↓

An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.

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Common Phrases

. fieffief papalfief imperialfief great
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Poetry examples for fief

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Love that is born of Time and comes and goes!

Love that doth hold all noble hearts in fief!

As red leaves follow where the wind hath flown,

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