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2
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From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
Act
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From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
black
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
break
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Carcosa
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
Cassilda's
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From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
circle
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
cloud
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
die
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
Dim
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
dry
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
flap
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
Hyades
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
King
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
lake
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
lengthen
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
Lost
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
moons
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
night
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
rise
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Scene
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From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
shadows
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
shore
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
sing
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
sink
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
skies
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Song
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
Songs
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
soul
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
stars
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Strange
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
stranger
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From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
suns
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
tatters
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
tears
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
twin
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
unheard
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From this reading Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.
unshed
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
unsung
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
voice
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From this reading Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
waves
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From this reading “Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Yellow
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From this reading Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.
