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Daily Poem 4: Etiolated

Etiolated Keats tarried from home;

Emaciated Keats buried in Rome.

e·ti·o·late

[ee-tee-uh-leyt] verb,-lat·ed, -lat·ing.

–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light: to etiolate celery.
2. to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.
–verb (used without object)
3. (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light.