Chapter XVIII
Oh! my mother! You do not know the heart that you have pierced! I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge? Never on thee. Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
Captain Paul
Chapter XVIII
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Oh!
my
mother!
You
do
not
know
the
heart
that
you
have
pierced!
I--I--thy
son--thine
Arthur--I
avenge?
Never
on
thee.
Live
happy--love
my
brother--
Forget
that
I
was
born.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Oh!
my
mother!
Line 2
You
do
not
know
the
heart
that
you
have
pierced!
Line 3
I--I--thy
son--thine
Arthur--I
avenge?
Line 4
Never
on
thee.
/never ɑːn ðiː/
Line 5
Live
happy--love
my
brother--
Forget
that
I
was
born.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Born
noun
US /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You do not know the heart that you have pierced!”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You do not know the heart that you have pierced!”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never on thee.”
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Never on thee.”
Thine
pronoun
US /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?”
All words in this reading · 28
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Arthur
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From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
avenge
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From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
brother
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From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
Forget
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From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
happy
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From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
heart
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From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
Live
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From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
love
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From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
mother
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From this reading Oh! my mother!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh! my mother!
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never on thee.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
Oh
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From this reading Oh! my mother!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Never on thee.
pierced
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From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
son
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From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Never on thee.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!