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Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems
Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems

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Chapter 10 of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems is here in full — 83 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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TO-MORROW.
I.
O Love!
O Love!
O Gateway of Delight!
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Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems is here in full — 83 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
TO-MORROW.
Line 2
I.
/aɪ/
Line 3
O Love!
/oʊ lʌv/
Line 4
O Love!
/oʊ lʌv/
Line 5
O Gateway of Delight!
/oʊ ˈɡeɪtweɪ ʌv dɪˈlaɪt/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

Delight verb US /dɪˈlaɪt/

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading “O Gateway of Delight!”

Gateway noun US /ˈɡeɪtweɪ/

an entrance that can be closed by a gate

From this reading “O Gateway of Delight!”

Love noun US /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading “O Love!”

All words in this reading · 7

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

DelightverbUS /dɪˈlaɪt/

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

GatewaynounUS /ˈɡeɪtweɪ/

an entrance that can be closed by a gate

From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I.

LovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading O Love!

OnounUS /oʊ/

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 Love!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

TO-MORROW

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading TO-MORROW.

Chapter 10 of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems by Eric Mackay holds 83 sentences, grouped into 17 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.

What does chapter 10 of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems contain?

Chapter 10 holds 83 sentences of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems by Eric Mackay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 83 sentences, grouped into 17 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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Work through the 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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About 178 minutes of reading across 429 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems

Words and structures a reader meets early in Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Beethoven
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Piano
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rhapsody
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Death
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.