What is the meaning of "cried him up and down the coast"in these lines from the poem? venus, when her son was lost, cried him up and down the coast,

reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.

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you will find groups such as germans, acadians, irish/scots, french, spanish, anglo/americans, african americans, and native americans. you are looking for the contributions that each of these groups provided to the settlement of louisiana.