Read full poem →Life in a long midsummer day,
My feet confined to a plot of grass,
My eyes from a wall not once away!
Dictionary Entry
confined
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/kənˈfaɪnd/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
In a Sentence
“Writers often choose confined when discussing complex ideas.”
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Poetry examples for “confined”
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Read full poem →Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone
Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined;
Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,