Read full poem →And, Guy de Vere, hast _thou_ no tear?--weep now or never more!
See! on yon drear and rigid bier low lies thy love, Lenore!
Come! let the burial rite be read--the funeral song be sung!--
Dictionary Entry
rigid
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɹɪdʒɪd/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A bicycle with no suspension system.
In a Sentence
“The article includes rigid to support a careful argument.”
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Poetry examples for “rigid”
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Read full poem →On a white heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth—
Assorted characters of death and blight