General William Booth Enters into Heaven

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+-------------------------------------------------+ | By Vachel Lindsay | | | | The Congo and Other Poems | | General William Booth Enters into Heaven | | The Art of the Moving Picture | | Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty | +-------------------------------------------------+ General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems

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General William Booth Enters into Heaven Vachel Lindsay

Chapter I

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of General William Booth Enters into Heaven is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

[Note on text: Italicized stanzas will be indented 5 spaces. Italicized AND indented stanzas will be indented 10 spaces. Italicized words or phrases will be capitalised. Some obvious errors may have been corrected.] +-------------------------------------------------+ | By Vachel Lindsay | | | | The Congo and Other Poems | | General William Booth Enters into Heaven | | The Art of the Moving Picture | | Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty | +-------------------------------------------------+ General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems

General William Booth Enters into Heaven

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of General William Booth Enters into Heaven is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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/sʌm ˈɑːbviəs ˈerərz meɪ hæv bɪn kərˈektəd/

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Congo noun US /ˈkɑːŋɡoʊ/

a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

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corrected adjective US /kərˈektəd/

having something undesirable neutralized

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Enters verb US /ˈentərz/

third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into

Gospel noun US /ˈɡɑːspəl/

the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

Lindsay noun US /ˈlɪndzi/

United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

Preaching noun US /ˈpriːtʃɪŋ/

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

spaces noun US /ˈspeɪsəz/

plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

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stanzas noun US /ˈstænzəz/

plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

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AdventuresnounUS /ædˈventʃərz/

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

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ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

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Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

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BeautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

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BoothnounUS /buːθ/

a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

capitalised

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CongonounUS /ˈkɑːŋɡoʊ/

a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

correctedadjectiveUS /kərˈektəd/

having something undesirable neutralized

From this reading Some obvious errors may have been corrected.]

EntersverbUS /ˈentərz/

third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into

errorsnounUS /ˈerərz/

plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading Some obvious errors may have been corrected.]

GeneraladjectiveUS /ˈdʒenərəl/

applying to all or most members of a category or group

GospelnounUS /ˈɡɑːspəl/

the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

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HeavennounUS /ˈhevən/

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

Italicized

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LindsaynounUS /ˈlɪndzi/

United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

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MovingadjectiveUS /ˈmuːvɪŋ/

in motion

NotenounUS /noʊt/

a brief written record

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obviousadjectiveUS /ˈɑːbviəs/

easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

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OtheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

phrasesnounUS /ˈfreɪzəz/

plural of “phrase” — an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

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PicturenounUS /ˈpɪktʃər/

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

PoemsnounUS /ˈpoʊəmz/

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

PreachingnounUS /ˈpriːtʃɪŋ/

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

SomeadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

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spacesnounUS /ˈspeɪsəz/

plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

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stanzasnounUS /ˈstænzəz/

plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

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textnounUS /tekst/

the words of something written

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

Vachel

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WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

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William

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wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

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