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Anne: A Novel
Anne: A Novel

Chapter VI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/61 · 5 lines
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"Into the Silent Land!
Ah! who shall lead us thither?
Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
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Anne: A Novel

Chapter VI

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Into the Silent Land!
Line 2
Ah! who shall lead us thither?
Line 3
Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Line 4
Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
Line 5
"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Doth auxiliary verb US /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Ah! who shall lead us thither?”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”

Thither adverb US /ˈðɪθɜːr/

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading “Ah! who shall lead us thither?”

All words in this reading · 48

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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 Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

Ah

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From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

all

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

allotted

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

Beckons

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

broken-hearted

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

Clouds

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

darkly

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

Departed

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

evening

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

fate

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

gather

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

gentle

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From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

hand

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From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

herald

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading "Into the Silent Land!

inverted

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

Land

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From this reading "Into the Silent Land!

lead

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From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

leads

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From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

lie

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

mildest

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

more

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

O

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From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

shattered

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

Silent

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From this reading "Into the Silent Land!

sky

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

stand

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

strand

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "Into the Silent Land!

thicker

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.

thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

torch

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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?

wrecks

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From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.