"Implacable November weather." What does "implacable" carry that "unpleasant" would not?

"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." What does "dying" add beyond "fading"?

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness." What does "mellow" suggest that "ripe" alone would not?

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass." What does calling the snake a "Fellow" do that "snake" would not?

"The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls." What does "crawls" contribute beyond "moves"?

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player." What does "poor" carry beyond "bad"?

"The moan of doves in immemorial elms." What does "immemorial" suggest that "old" would not?

"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, / Knock-kneed, coughing like hags..." What do "beggars" and "hags" reveal about the speaker's view of the soldiers?

"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n." What attitude does the verb pair "reign" and "serve" expose?

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers." What does that plain commercial pair reveal about the speaker's attitude?

"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" What attitude is exposed by "Mighty"?

"O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!" What does this diction reveal about the speaker?

In Swift's proposal, a child becomes "a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food." What does "delicious" expose in the persona?

"Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!" What does the commercial word "advertise" do among this plain, conspiratorial talk?

"I wander thro' each charter'd street, / Near where the charter'd Thames does flow." What does the legal word "charter'd" do to the natural river?

"This coyness, lady, were no crime." What does the legal word "crime" add to the seduction argument?

"Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade." What does the colloquial "brag" do to Death?

"Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men." What does "slave" do within the address to Death?

"The time is out of joint; O cursed spite." What does the bodily phrase "out of joint" do to political disorder?

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright, / In the forests of the night." Replacing "burning" with "glowing" would cost the line what?

"Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare." Replacing "Wreck" with "statue" would cost the line what?

"When a new planet swims into his ken." Replacing "swims" with "appears" would cost what?

"Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang." Replacing "choirs" with "branches" would cost what?

"Time's winged chariot hurrying near." Replacing "chariot" with "carriage" would cost what?

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands." Replacing "clasps" with "holds" would cost what?