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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
All
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
athirst
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
bright
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
comes
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
cometh
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
contrary
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
darkness
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
desolate
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
drink
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
earth
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
excessive
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
faint
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
fallen
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
few
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
flashes
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
forgetting
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
forth
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
Full
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
GERALD
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
Gone
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
green
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
inundated
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
landscape
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
languid
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
laughs
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
looking
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
MASSEY
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
mighty
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
Moist
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
moisture
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
morrow
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
night
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
now
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
pale
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
pearlnounUS /pɜːrl/
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
produced
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
quiet
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
rain
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
rainy
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
seems
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
Set
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
shines
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
sit
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
solace
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
sorrow
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
strife
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
sun
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
swell
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
tears
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
there
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
unceasingly
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
uncomplaining
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From this reading All night the rain has fallen unceasingly; now the sun shines forth again, as though forgetting that excessive moisture has inundated the quiet uncomplaining earth.
waves
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
whelmed
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From this reading "The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life; And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife.
windy
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
woods
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From this reading "Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around: Full swell the woods."
world
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From this reading The "windy night" has not produced a "rainy morrow;" on the contrary, the world seems athirst for drink again, and is looking pale and languid because it comes not.
years
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From this reading * * * * * "Gone are the last faint flashes, Set in the sun of my years, And over a few poor ashes I sit in darkness and tears."--GERALD MASSEY.
