bed·stead
ˈbedˌsted/
noun
the framework of a bed on which the mattress is placed.
THE Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman The 13th paragraph
…He said that after the wall-paper was changed it would be the heavy (bedstead) , and then the barred windows…
Word reuse
…was changed changed it would be heavy (bed frame)….
behest
noun be·hest \bi-ˈhest, bē-\
BEHEST
1
: an authoritative order : command
2
: an urgent prompting
The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka Part 3 Paragraph 6
…Gregor’s father brought bank employees their breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to do any more. And the injury in Gregor’s back began to hurt as much as when it was new…
Word Reused
..his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the order of the customers
Cedar is a kind of wood.
Bemused (verb)- to cause (someone) to be confused. Merrian-Webster; disoriented, discombobulated, puzzled, and clueless.
Located on first page “A Rose for Emily” 2nd paragraph; last sentence. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson.
…..lay in the cedar- (discombobulated) cemetery…..
Emily, was just another dead black in a town full of violent history and deaths; without care or even a proper burial spot, she was amongst the ranked to the anonymous. Would a fair contribution by Emily to Jefferson taxes, change the way she was buried? Remember, Emily never paid any taxes thanks to Colonel Sartorial which died years ago . Emily, had no interest whatsoever about the new Jefferson.
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