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Shootah

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Sometimes they illuminate the past, by offering insight into the typical usage of certain words during the era the poem was wrote. I say this, as the common usage of words evolve as time goes on, and the meaning of words change over time.

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Dardaigh

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It also gives one perspective of the era

in which the poet/poetess lived. It may

help to give a "feeling" for the time in

which the poem was composed.

Here's an example, from one of my

favourite poems...

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw85.html

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