The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (9 of ?)

With a smirk and false incriminations
Fuanmnach cast Etain to the sea
Seven more years absent safety,
Accoutrement, or peace was she.

On Solstice day we pause to see,
Lit bright by intrepid Sun,
The bellwether of all we be:
A young maiden’s life cast and undone.

Accoutrement (noun)

Additional items of dress or equipment, carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. The General dressed for battle in shining accoutrements.”

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Incriminate (verb)

Suggest that someone is guilty.

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Smirk

intransitive verb: To smile in an annoying self-satisfied manner.

noun: An annoying self-satisfied smile.

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (8 of ?)

To Angus a breviary of her woes she gave.
But he was just a tinhorn against her pursuer
Fuanmnach found her and despite withershins
And warnings continued as wrongdoer.

Tinhorn (noun)

Someone who pretends to have money, skill, influence, etc. adjective: Inferior or insignificant, while pretending to be otherwise.

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Withershins (adverb)

In a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.

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Breviary (noun)

A brief summary or abridgment

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (7 of ?)

To the fairy palace of Angus on the Boyne,
A paradigm of sanctuary, Etain flew.
Refugee, faff, flower nectar she found
Unaware that evections brew.

Paradigm (noun)

A typical example or pattern of something; a model.

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Evection (noun)

Irregularity in the moon’s motion caused by perturbations of the sun and planets

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Faff (verb)

Spend time in ineffectual activity.

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (6 of ?)

A storm raised against her, cast
to the sea. Deciduous seven years
Etain rode the wind, buffeted and weary,
No relief from her tears.

A storm raised against her, cast
From her husband. His lassitude for seven years
Of Fuanmach made a poor ectype
His heart now belonged with hers.

Lassitude (noun)

Weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness.

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Deciduous (adjective)

Not permanent or lasting; ephemeral.

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Ectype (noun)

A reproduction or copy of something

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (5 of ?)

Fuamnach turned her to water, worm, butterfly
Still assiduous Etain was kind
Standing upon an inflection point
Watching dolmen’s guide her mind.
 
On Solstice day we pause to see,
Lit bright by intrepid Sun,
The bellwether of all we be:
A young maiden’s life cast and undone.

Assiduous (adjective)

1. Constant in application or attention; diligent: “An assiduous worker who strove for perfection.”

2. Unceasing; persistent: “Assiduous cancer research.”

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Dolmen (noun)

In British archaeology a Neolithic stone formation , consisting of a horizontal stone supported by several vertical stones, and thought to be a tomb

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Inflection point (noun)

A point at which a major or decisive change takes place; critical point.

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (4 of ?)

Conflating her jealousy with Etain’s guilt
She flew at her precariously
Enchangements lacking risibility
Turned only Fuamnach ugly.

Precarious (adjective)

1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: “The precarious life of an undercover cop.”

2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions.

3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises. “A precarious solution to a difficult problem.”

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Risibility (noun)

The ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.

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Conflate (verb)

To bring together : fuse  , confuse, to combine (things, such as two readings of a text) into a composite whole

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (3 of ?)

She was beyond compare and guile-free,
Torpor cast aside where her feet lay.
Until she turned the eye of Midir,
Whose angry wife harangued her away.

Guile (noun)

Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. Particular skill and cleverness in tricking or deceiving people. “Considerable guile was involved in the transaction.”

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Torpor (noun)

Apathy, indifference

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Harangue (noun )

1 : a speech addressed to a public assembly,

2 : a ranting speech or writing,

3 : lecture

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (2 of ?)

Was obtuse to jealousy.
All premonitory warnings null,
When she found her legacy.

Null (adjective)

Having no legal or binding force : invalid, amounting to nothing : nil, having no value : insignificant, having no elements, having zero as a limit, of, being, or relating to zero

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Obtuse (adjective)

1. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.

2. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity. “An obtuse remark.”

3. Not distinctly felt. “An obtuse pain.”

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Premonitory (adjective)

Strongly indicative of or giving warning that something is going to happen

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The Ballad of the Goddess Etain on the Summer Solstice (1 of ?)

On Solstice day we pause to see,
Lit bright by intrepid Sun,
The bellwether of all we be:
A young maiden’s life cast and undone.
 
Etain: a dilly, a beauty, a prize,

Intrepid (adjective)

Resolutely courageous; fearless. Persistent in the pursuit of something

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Dilly (noun)

Something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc

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Bellwether (noun)

One that takes the lead or initiative : leader; also : an indicator of trends

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Ballad stanzas. rhymed abcb The first and third lines have four stresses, while the second and fourth have three.  A ballad often has a refrain, a repeated section that divides segments of the story.

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In France I was panivorous -
Vegetarians thought fictitious.
I discussed with the waiter
Fish, chicken, pig aren’t metaphor.
Real animals killed, I abhor.
Bread and cheese then I cater

Panivorous (adjective)

Subsisting on bread; bread-eating.

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Fictitious (adjective)

Of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary, conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted, of a name : false, assumed, not genuinely felt

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Metaphor (noun)

A sentence or phase in which a word ordinarily associated with one thing is applied to something else to indicated they are similar in some way

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Style: Cywydd Llosgprnog. 8 syllables in a line with the following rhyming schema:
1-xxxxxxxa 2-xxxxxxxa 3-xxxaxxb 4-xxxxxxxc 5-xxxxxxxc 6-xxxcxxb