STANZA 11 Footnotes:
1. aptly - suited to
a purpose.
2. stock and store -
the only word it knows how to say (in this case).
3. caught - learned.
4. unmerciful - without
mercy.
5. burden - bearing
a load, oppressive.
6. dirges - song or
hymn of grief or lamentation.
7. melancholy - sadness
or depression in mind or spirit.