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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 In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
angels
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
any
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
back
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
BARRETT
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From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
BROWNING
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From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
cadences
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
cannot
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
certain
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
colds
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
completed
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
countermand
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
Deathly
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
down
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
dulcimer
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
ear
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
ELIZABETH
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From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
Experience
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
Fall
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
fancy-land
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
God's
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
golden
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
hand
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
harmonies
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
heart
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
holds
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
issue
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
leaning
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
like
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
measured
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
minded
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
minors
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
murmur
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
music
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
musician
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
nightingales
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
notes
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
pale
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
patience
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
perplexed
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
sad
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
sanguine
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
seat
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
smiling
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
stars
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
strain
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
Sweet
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
Town
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
tune
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From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
unfolds
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
visionary
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
WhenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We murmur—"Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?"
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
whisper
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
wolds
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From this reading Deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land, With nightingales in visionary wolds.
won
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From this reading But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded! their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences; And smiling down the stars, they whisper—"Sweet."
worlds
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From this reading In Town Again Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad perplexed minors.
