Chapter 1 of Caroling dusk is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Caroling dusk is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK. Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers. Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
Chapter 1 of Caroling dusk is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a collection of selected literary passages
From this reading “Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.”
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading “Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.”
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
From this reading “Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.”
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
From this reading “Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.”
someone who plays the harp
From this reading “Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.”
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading “Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.”
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading “Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.”
the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
From this reading “Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.”
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.
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From this reading Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All rights reserved.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading Printed in the United States of America.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a collection of selected literary passages
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
From this reading Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a young female
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
someone who plays the harp
From this reading Copyright 1927 by Harper & Brothers.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Printed in the United States of America.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Printed in the United States of America.
restored to a new condition
From this reading Copyright renewed 1955 by Ida M. Cullen.
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
From this reading All rights reserved.
plural of “right” — an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
From this reading All rights reserved.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Printed in the United States of America.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading Printed in the United States of America.
literature in metrical form
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
From this reading Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl The Medea The Lost Zoo My Lives and How I Lost Them On These I Stand One Way to Heaven _An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets_ CAROLING DUSK.
Chapter 1 of Caroling dusk by Countee [Editor] Cullen holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Chapter 1 holds 431 sentences of Caroling dusk, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Caroling dusk by Countee [Editor] Cullen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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