e'en
Night's approach, contracted
E'en is a poetic or archaic contraction of even, in the sense of evening: When e'en descends upon the moor.
It appears in older verse and folk songs, rarely in modern prose.
The apostrophe marks the dropped letters.
poetic
Belonging to earlier times
- contractionReduction in size
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- verseMetered poetic passage
- metreBase metric length unit
syllable · elision · apostrophe · scansion · Spenserian · ballad · sonnet · rhyme
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- contractionReduction in size
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- verseMetered poetic passage
metre · syllable · elision · apostrophe · scansion · Spenserian · ballad · sonnet · rhyme · iambic
twilight
Light after sunset
gloaming · sundown · vesper · sunset · shadows · dimming · darkening · crepuscular · moonrise · betwixt
also
Word meaning "in addition"
verily · yea · still · yet · same · level · equal · balanced · moreover · furthermore