Answer:
Preface
Explanation:
I don't know what to put here
"Things only have meaning in context"
You can see this from the examples that Dickenson lists.
"Land by oceans past" - You would not be able to tell the land if there were no oceans
"Peace by its battles told" - How would we have a definition for peace without battles?
Answer:
In France, the three estates included the Church, the nobles, and the peasants. I believe that the same thing happened in England - nobles and peasants were a part of these estates in medieval England, and later on merchants, or tradesmen were added. But I would say that scholars didn't belong to any of the three estates in medieval English society, however, I am not completely sure.