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what does the word Eden mean in the poem line "Then the leaf subsides to leaf so Eden in sank to grief. " please help. ​

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Answer:

just as

Step-by-step explanation:

"So Eden sank to grief", The "so" at the beginning of the line means "just as," which means that in line, the speaker is comparing mankind's fall from the Garden of Eden to the change from gold to green he described in the first half of the poem.

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