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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 _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
amateurish
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
author's
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
Battle
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
best
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
CHAPIN
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clear
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commentarynounUS /ˈkɑməntəri/
spoken or written explanation or opinion about events
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
confused
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
conventional
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
days
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
dejection
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
doggerel
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
editions
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entirety
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etc
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everywhere
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
evidence
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
explain
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
falls
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
freshness
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
further
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
heard
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
HENRY
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
included
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
indicate
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
Introductory
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
John
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
loveable
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
Marr
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
mask
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
master
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
Melville's
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
middle
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most
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much
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
Note
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
often
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
onward
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others
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
personality
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
philosophical
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
pieces
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
poet
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
poet's
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
post-war
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
privately
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
prose
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put
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
quality
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
quenched
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From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
reconstruction
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
remarkably
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
sea
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
selecting
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
set
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
small
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
supplement
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
taken
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
Timoleon
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
troublous
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
true
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
uneven
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
verse
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verses
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
vigorous
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
voice
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From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
volume
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From this reading In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety and added those others from his _Battle Pieces_, _Timoleon,_ etc., that best indicate the quality of their author’s personality.
war
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In it, however, that loveable freshness of personality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence.
whole
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
wise
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From this reading The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included because it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war reconstruction.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
work
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
written
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From this reading _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN Melville’s verse printed for the most part privately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quality.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet’s art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard.
