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Anima Poetæ

Chapter V

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_1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
S. T. C.
[Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
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Anima Poetæ

Chapter V

Reading 1/96 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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_1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
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And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
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S. T. C.
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[Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
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15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Agony noun US /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/

Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.

From this reading “And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.”

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!”

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.”

Took noun US /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.”

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15

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

1805

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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/

Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

all

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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

AlonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

beheld

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

brightest

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

C

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circling

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

evening

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

halo

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

Jan

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From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.

MAGNITUDE

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moon

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

most

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

perfect

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

pity

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From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

roundest

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

S

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saint

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sea

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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!

SENSE

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From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.

Sidenote

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soul

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From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

T

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From this reading S. T. C.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.

there

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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

tooknounUS /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

Tuesday

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From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.

wide

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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!