Word: chewink
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...Although the poem does not attempt to teach anything, the city-bred reader will learn several things he may have missed knowing. . . . He will be led to find out that the chewink is a kind of finch and is so called because of its note, which is accented on the second syllable. And why (unless for the rhyme) does the poet refer to the chewink rather than to any other kind of bird? Because the poet is 'versed in country things' and knows that the chewink has a quick eye and an appetite for berries, especially blueberries...
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