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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 COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
bare
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
beak
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
bird
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
black
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
bleeding
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From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
bore
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
breast
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
breasts
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
brother
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
Chiefs
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
claws
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
coal
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
COUeY-OUeY
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
DeadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
driven
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
eager
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
enough
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
escaped
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
face
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
feathers
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
finger
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
fire
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
FlamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
flaming
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
fluttered
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From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
folded
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
forest
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
front
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
full
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
Ha
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
hand
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
heart
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
how
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
hung
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From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
hunger
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
kill
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
lain
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
language
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
Lay
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
like
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
LION
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
Man
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
mark
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
Medicine
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
missed
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
MOUNTAIN
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
moved
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From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
night
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
outspread
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
panting
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
pity
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
red
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
robe
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
round
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
Sachem
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
saw-edged
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
set
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
sheltered
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
sign
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
slim
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
smooth
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
soft
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
song
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
spirit
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
stained
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
steady
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
stranger
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
talk
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
tribe
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
unafraid
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
upright
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From this reading Even as she told how she had found it, She folded its wings against its full breast And set it upright on her steady finger.
wave
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
white
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From this reading Where it had lain between her round breasts Its red sign stained the front of her white robe, The mark of her soft heart of pity.
wild
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
wildcat
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
wing
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From this reading Medicine Man, it moved not, it fluttered not, Though one bleeding wing hung broken.
wings
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
worshipped
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
Wounded
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From this reading In her language and with wave smooth sign talk She told the Great Sachem and our Chiefs That she had found it in the forest Wounded from the missed kill of the night bird Or bare escaped from the eager claws Of the hunger driven wildcat.
wounds
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From this reading COUeY-OUeY AND MOUNTAIN LION Medicine Man, it were not enough, Ha! it were not enough That the stranger bore the song name Of the fire bird our tribe worshipped; For on her breast, sheltered with one slim hand, With flaming wings outspread, And panting saw-edged beak like fire, Lay a brother of the spirit bird, Flame red, blood red, feathers like wounds-- Dead coal black of face; A wild thing, sheltered and unafraid.
