Part of Speech: Noun

Marriage: the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law

Source: Webster`s Dictionary

Found in, “Sonnet 116”  (line 1), “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”

The word marriage means the relation between two married people, the poet uses the word “minds” in the same line instead of anything more base, like “hearts” which might be to let us know that this perfect love is the partnership of two individuals of great thinking,  who aren’t simply driven by emotions or hormones.

Noun

Definition; lack of self-esteem; feeling inadequacy; lack of self confidence

Source: Dictionary.com

Found in Power  “Power is an inferiority complex wound up like a clock by an inability to relax.” (Andrei Codresu)

Knowing the definition of Inferiority complex helped me understanding what the speaker was trying to say about power and the relationship between the mother and how she gives the speaker the power to be stronger and build up self esteem.

Part of Speech: Noun

Vessel: A ship to a large boat

Source: Merriam Webster

Found in “My Boy Willie” (line 14), “When a man o’war vessel she chanced to meet,”

The word vessel means large boat that means the she is on the boat and this way it helps the reader understand what they actually using for transit.

Part of Speech: Verb

Mourn: feel regret or sadness about (the loss or disappearance of something).

Source: Webster Dictionary

Found in, “My Boy Willie”  (line 36), “Ye must mourn in black for my sailor boy”

The word mourn means feel sadness and when it say “mourn in black” means sad because black symbolizes the sadness and dark.

Part of Speech: Noun

Disenchantment: A feeling of disappointment about someone or something

Source: Webster’s Dictionary

Found in “Success Story” by Mark Stand (Line3-4), “low thoughts, and a life that inspired none of the loftier disenchantment.”

This definition can help the reader by substituting the work and makes it more sense how the writer feel disappointment in life.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Tedious: too long, slow, or dull

Source: Webster’s Dictionary

Found in “Success Story” by Mark Strand (Line 2)

This definition helps the reader by even it is tedious it can be a something moving slowly, uninterested or bored.

Untended

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition: not cared for or looked after; neglected

Source: Oxford Dictionaries

Found in ” The Thirteenth Woman ”

I already knew the definition, but I usually see the word unattended in the place of untened, so I wanted to make sure people knew that it was basically the same.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a ship or a large boat

Definition source: Merriam Webster

Found in Stanza 4 in ” My Boy Willie ”

Knowing the definition I learned that the speaker viewed vessel as a sense of hope during her different stages of grieving. through this stage she’s in denial but the seeing the vessel and the captain gives the women great hope, until she ask a question and receives an answer she was not hoping for.

Adjective

Definition: Extending high in the air of imposing height, towering

Source: Dictionary.com

Found in ” Success Story” ( Line 4)

Knowing the definition of loftier helped me understand what the speaker wanted for themselves and how they would feel if they had chose another route to their success. It shows how the speaker would limit them self and inspired them a life of very high disappointment. Show how quick they are to give up instead of accepting the challenge of success.