An examination of the vocabulary connected with setting in the poem "David."

1. Glacial Imagery:“David”by Earle Birney J. Marshall 2010

2. Flora Heather Spruce Larch Pine Saxifrage Gentian Juniper Gentian

3. Fauna Marten Pika Big Horn Sheep Mule Deer Grizzly Mountain Goat

4. Arete: Section 3 A knife-edged ridge

5. Col (saddle): Section 5 A saddle-shaped depression between two peaks

6. Moraine: Section 7 The geological debris dragged by a glacier

7. Lateral Moraine

8. Sèrac: Section 7 House-sized blocks caused by shearing forces of the glacier. Named after a type of Swiss cheese. They are dangerous for climbers.

9. Assiniboine River: Section 7 A major river of the Prairie region.

10. Cirque: Section 8 A scooped-shaped valley end formed by glaciers.

11. Bergschrund: Section 9 A crack in the glacier caused by shearing forces.

12. Bergschrund

13. Nêvé: Section 9 Snow characterized by very large crystals/flakes.

14. Crevasse: Section 9 A deep fissure in ice or snow.

15. Strata Strata means “layers” – in the Rockies these are easily visible in the young fold mountains.

16. Skree A layer of loose rock

17. Trilobite: Section 4 A common pre-Cambrian fossil found in Rocky Mountains limestone.

18. Limestone The Burgess Shale

19. Cairn

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