Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: slow and clumsy because of dead weight or dull, laboriousĀ or excessively solemn.
Source: Oxford Dictionary
Found in the 2nd line of ā Metaphorsā by Sylvia Plath
This word was good to look up because the poem “Metaphors” is already an intense reading but the placement of the word “Ponderous”Ā is used to describe a house.
