Echo

Echo

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener

Source: Oxford Dictionaries

Found in ” Hair” by Elizabeth Acevedo (line 22)

I looked up this word because the placement and context of the word are interesting. The speaker uses the word when speaking of how the bodies in the poem are basically becoming one with each other because of an echo.

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