Both Uses
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The Raven
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- Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning—little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door— Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."†*ungainly = lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage - "
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."†
Definitions:
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(1)
(ungainly) lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage -- especially because of shape
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)