“Puddle-wonderful” is a made up word, a syntax. Syntax means “the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.” So the author is describing the mud as wonderful.
To finish the analogy there should be a synonym of homage such as: allegiance, loyalty, duty, tribute, deference, respect, honor. Any of these should work. Hope this helps.
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the word odious means extremely unpleasant, resentful.
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