Warm-up

1. Close Reading- To me close reading means to read something to find meaning in the text or reading to find specific information or gain specific information in the text.

Pastoral-To me pastoral might mean something religious. Some type of religous reading.

Oxford Dictionary meanings:
Close Reading-b. spec. in Literary Criticism, close criticism, reading, etc., critical and detailed analysis of a text; an example of this. Also applied to the analysis of other works of art.

Pastoral-I. A person or thing associated with spiritual care.

2.Mistress- A wife or maybe a women a husband is having an affair with.

Nymph-I'm not sure what this one means. Maybe something new.

Oxford Dictionary meanings:

Nymph: 1. Chiefly Classical Mythol. Any of a class of semi-divine spirits, imagined as taking the form of a maiden inhabiting the sea, rivers, mountains, woods, trees, etc., and often portrayed in poetry as attendants on a particular god.
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b. Chiefly poet. A beautiful young woman; a maiden, a damsel.

Mistress: I. A woman having control or authority.
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2. a. The female head of a family, household, or other establishment; a woman holding such a position in conjunction with a male counterpart.