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What does the word keener mean in the poem “Sympathy”

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a person who wails or sings in grief for a dead person or a person who is extremely eager, zealous, or enthusiastic

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"a team of five keeners was hired to cry on the way to escort their father to the crematorium" or "keeners who spent most of high school buried in homework"

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Answer: it means being kind and adding empathy to the persons story

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