The definitions page contains the definitions for selected words in the poem. The definitions are ordered in the sequence in which they appear in the poem. Words that have no extraordinary meaning to the poem but which the commentator feels may be out of the everyday usage have been linked to this page. However, to allow a reader who already knows what these words mean to avoid following unfruitful links, only the first letter of a definition is linked. This keeps the poem from looking too cluttered but still offers those who are not as familar with the words (e.g., foreign exchange students) a handy online definition.
If a full word or phrase is linked it means that there is more important meaning to the poem. See an example of how definitions and allusions are treated in the poem in the section between line 279 and line 282.
Some definitions have a link to Dictionary.com. If you select one of these links then the page Dictionary.com would show for the selected word will be displayed in the AUXILARY window.