Chapter 1 of Children of the Night is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Children of the Night is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.] 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces. Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized. Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces. Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Chapter 1 of Children of the Night is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “capitalize” — draw advantages from
From this reading “Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized.”
the act of continuing an activity without interruption
From this reading “Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]”
a state in New England
From this reading “[Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.]”
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading “Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.”
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.”
plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading “1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.”
plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
From this reading “1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
in addition
From this reading Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
past form of “capitalize” — draw advantages from
From this reading Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
the act of continuing an activity without interruption
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
for more time
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
a state in New England
From this reading [Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.]
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
a brief written record
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized.
plural of “phrase” — an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading [Maine Poet -- 1869-1935.]
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Also, some obvious errors have been corrected.]
plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
the words of something written
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 1905 printing of the 1897 edition [Note on text: Italicized stanzas have been indented 5 spaces.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Lines longer than 77 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Italicized words or phrases have been capitalized.
Chapter 1 of Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 122 sentences of Children of the Night, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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