Read full poem →Her woods--her wilds--her mountains--the intense
Reply of Hers to Our intelligence!_
In youth I have known one with whom the Earth
Dictionary Entry
intelligence
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
In a Sentence
“The article includes intelligence to support a careful argument.”
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Poetry examples for “intelligence”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"Prepare to meet him, and dismiss your tears."
Shall not th' intelligence your grief restrain,
And turn the mournful to the cheerful strain?
Read full poem →For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track;
And one eye's black intelligence,--ever that glance
O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance!