Chapter 2 of Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West.... Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk. He happened across the road day before yesterday. The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork. That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
Chapter 2 of Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who operates a farm
From this reading “The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.”
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading “But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....”
an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
From this reading “That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.”
a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
From this reading “The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.”
inflected form of “rid” — relieve from
From this reading “That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “He happened across the road day before yesterday.”
In this reading “He happened across the road day before yesterday.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
inflected form of “rid” — relieve from
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading But the heart of Kansas is the heart of the West....
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The farmer stopped the team and killed him with his pitchfork.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading That farmer seemed to think he had done the Lord a service in ridding the world of a parasite.
the day immediately before today
From this reading He happened across the road day before yesterday.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Inclosed find a feather from the wing of a young chicken-hawk.
Chapter 2 of Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty by Vachel Lindsay holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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