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Fall of the house of usher Flashcards

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Examples of doubling (6)

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  • house reflected in lake
  • roderick’s paintings pf the vault
    -twins
    -madeline’s phys. degradation and roderick’s mental degrad. (completion)
    -roderick’s mental state reflected in the storm
  • Mad Trist
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Son coeur est un luth suspendu. QU’on le touche il résonne.

Explain.
Explain «son».

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They’re both exposed to an external force (incest)

Son could be either twin, but likely both. Not gender-specific.

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oppresively

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in an unbearable way

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singularly

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unique, peculiar, odd

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Insufferable

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extremely annoying, unpleasant, and difficult to bear

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pervade

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to spread through and be easy to notice in every part of smt

saturate

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sublime

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spiritual excellence, beauty, awe-inspiring

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goading

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encouragement

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insoluble

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enigmatic, that cannot be solved or explained

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tarn

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lake

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redeemed

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justifiable

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fancies

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imaginative ideas

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How is Usher a gothic story (4)

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-dreary tone,
-fear sets into narrator from start,
-archaic words/phrases,
-amplified focus on exposition/environment

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Archaic phrasing=

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-lengthy sentences w embedded clauses (relative)
-pathetic fallacy

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Pathetic fallacy=

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the way the narrator feels is transposed in the environment

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«I reflected … to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression»

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Narrator’s discomfort is not the place itself, but the way things in it are arranged.

environment influences emotion

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alleviation=

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assuagement, relief, lessening

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munificent=

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generous

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sojourn=

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short stay, visit

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temperament =

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personality

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orthodox=

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conventional

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infortunate=

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demanding, persistent

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fallacy=

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false or illogical

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pathetic=

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has to do w emotions

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time out of mind=

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too long ago to be remembered

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Explain the Usher family

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  • patrons of the arts
  • the family is dying out (incest, inbreeding)
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equivocal=

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ambiguous

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fancy =

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dream, daydream, idea

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Explain: «an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven»

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hellish, bad, evil

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countenance =

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expression

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scanned, scrutinized =

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inspect with care

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phantasmoagoric =

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dreamlike, hallucinatory

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delapidation=

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desrepair, decrepitude

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fissure =

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fracture, crack

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«perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure»

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is it there of metaphoric

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What is familiar from when he visited as a child (4) and what is different

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Same : carvings on the walls, sobre tapestries, ebony blackness of the floor, armorial trophies

Different: his mental state and the images these sights conjure

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lofty -

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noble

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encrimsoned =

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dyed crimson

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feeble =

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very weak

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profuse =

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abundant

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cordiality =

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pleasant and cordial

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wan =

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looking pale and weak, sickly

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to have a want=

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a lack of something

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wont =

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accustomed

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Arabesque =

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a type of designed where lines are intertwined, intricate

46
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what does arabesque mean in the context of the story

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his facial expression is confusing and hard to decipher, paradoxical, ornamental

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companion =

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close friend

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forthwith =

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right away

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unobstrusive =

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modest

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appellation =

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name

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eaves =

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part of the roof

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masonry =

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stonework

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mingled =

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mixed

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trellised =

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criss-crossed metal

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pallide =

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white, ashen

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tenuinty =

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slenderness

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inordinate =

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excessive

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pallor =

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shade of colour

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tremulous =

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shaky from nerves or anxiety

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insipid =

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lacking in distinguishable quality, having no taste or flavour

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palpable =

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that is easily noticeable by the mind or senses

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guttural =

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throaty, raspy

63
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Explain Usher’s illness

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hypersensitivity (Poe trope where the senses are hightened)

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folly =

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madness

65
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What is Usher afraid of

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he knows death is looming. he isn’t afraid of being dead, but of the moment of fear right before death.

66
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What are Usher’s theories abt the source of his ilness (2)

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  1. His sister’s ilness is taking a toll on him ( if she dies he becomes the last Usher)
  2. The mansion and its surroundings have an effect on his morale. As if they were sentient.
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suppositious =

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not genuine

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sufferance =

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tolerance

69
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What does the storm represent

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it represents the mental turmoil that Roderick is going through (DOUBLING)

70
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phenomenon not uncommon is an example of

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double negative

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Trist =

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illicit, romantic rendez-vous

72
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casements =

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window panes

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uncouth =

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uncivilized

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prolixity =

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wordiness

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doughty =

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spirited, tough

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withal =

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in addition

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gauntlet =

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glove

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protracted =

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prolonged, drawn out

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What does Roderick die from

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the fear he anticipated

80
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What do double negatives do in Usher

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characteristic of gothic litt.
adds emphasis

81
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prostrating =

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praying to a ruler, falling to your knees, flattening you bc of weakness

82
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Explain the comparison between Fuseli and Usher

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fuseli is abstract and usher isn’t

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educe =

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conclude based on facts

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cataleptical =

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very rigid arms, body in general

85
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why did usher entomb her sister temporarily in a vault

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doesn’t trust the doctor’s motives, the burial ground is exposed. they might desecrate the body or do an autopsy since her ilness is so rare.

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pertinacity =

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persistence, stubornness

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fortnight =

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two weeks

88
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worldly =

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sophisticated

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«sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them»

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incest

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«I felt creeping upon me, by slow yet certain degrees, the wild influences of his own fantastic, yet impressive influences.»

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Usher insanity is starting to affect the narrator

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tenant =

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a person who pays rent

92
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to rear (rhapsody) =

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to rise up and show its head

93
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«in the monrach Thought’s dominion»

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Thought = name of the ruler, representing clear thinking, sanity, moral judgement

94
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«Seraph spread a pinion»

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seraph = angel
pinion = wing

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«Over fabric half so fair»

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The angel spread a wing over the domain

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«Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow»

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Hair

97
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«two luminous windows saw»

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eyes

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«pearl and ruby glowing»

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teeth and tongue»

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porphyrogene =

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a royal name, purple in ancient greek, colour reserved for royalty

100
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sedges

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small plants

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