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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adjective

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accurate knowledge

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hypertrophy

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/haɪˈpɜːtɹəfi/Used In Literature ↓

An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells.

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. hypertrophyhypertrophy ventricularhypertrophy prostatichypertrophy cardiachypertrophy compensatoryhypertrophy muscle
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Poetry examples for hypertrophy

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

chaos," then there is very little hope. But there are readers of

poetry who have not yet reached this hypertrophy of the logical

faculty; their attention might be arrested, not by an outburst

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