Chapter 6 of Leaves of Grass is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Leaves of Grass is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Salut au Monde! O take my hand Walt Whitman! Such gliding wonders! such sights and sounds! Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
Chapter 6 of Leaves of Grass is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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replying
From this reading “Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.”
the activity of flying a glider
From this reading “Such gliding wonders!”
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
From this reading “Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.”
using or enjoying something jointly with others
From this reading “Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.”
an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
From this reading “such sights and sounds!”
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “such sights and sounds!”
United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
From this reading “O take my hand Walt Whitman!”
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Such gliding wonders!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading such sights and sounds!
replying
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
From this reading Salut au Monde!
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
the activity of flying a glider
From this reading Such gliding wonders!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Salut au Monde!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Salut au Monde!
using or enjoying something jointly with others
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
From this reading such sights and sounds!
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading such sights and sounds!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such gliding wonders!
carry out
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
not ended; lacking an end or conclusion
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
From this reading O take my hand Walt Whitman!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Such join’d unended links, each hook’d to the next, Each answering all, each sharing the earth with all.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Such gliding wonders!
Chapter 6 of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 6 holds 120 sentences of Leaves of Grass, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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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