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__Scythe:__ A scythe is a simple tool used for cutting grass. As Robert Frost shows in his poem, it makes a soft whispering sound as it cuts. It is important to understand what a scythe is to understand what the whole poem is about.



__Fay Definition:__ []

Fay is another word for a fairy. This definition helped me understand the poem better because I realized that the speaker was saying that the work he was doing was not "easy gold at the hand of fay or elf", but hard work alone in the field with nothing but the whispering of his scythe for company.

__Swale Definition:__ []

A swale is a low tract of land. Learning this helped me understand what Robert Frost means when he says "To the earnest love that laid the swale in rows". It paints a picture of the cut grass (hay) lying in rows behind the speaker as he continues on to another part of the field.

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