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Browning's Shorter Poems
Browning's Shorter Poems

Chapter VII

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EVELYN HOPE.
(PAGE 41.)
The lover denies the evanescence of human love.
He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.
Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.
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Browning's Shorter Poems

Chapter VII

Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
EVELYN HOPE.
Line 2
(PAGE 41.)
Line 3
The lover denies the evanescence of human love.
Line 4
He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.
Line 5
Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

Learner Dictionary

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

Sometimes noun US /sometimes/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.”

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41

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From this reading (PAGE 41.)

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

Browning's

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

denies

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From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

evanescence

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From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

EVELYN

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From this reading EVELYN HOPE.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

fulfilment

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

future

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From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

hold

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

HOPE

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From this reading EVELYN HOPE.

human

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From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

implies

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From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

lays

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

love

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From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

lover

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From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

optimism

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

PAGE

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From this reading (PAGE 41.)

present

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

reappear

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From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

rewarded

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From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

some

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From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

sometimes

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From this reading Browning's optimism lays hold sometimes of the present, sometimes of the future, for the fulfilment of its hope.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The lover denies the evanescence of human love.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading He implies that in some future time the love will reappear and be rewarded.