Chapter 1 of Maud, and Other Poems is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Maud, and Other Poems is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS. BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE. LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET. 1859. LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
Chapter 1 of Maud, and Other Poems is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading “BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.”
United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)
From this reading “LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.”
the capital of the state of Delaware
From this reading “LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.”
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading “LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.”
someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
From this reading “BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.”
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading “MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.”
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.”
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading “BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.”
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From this reading 1859.
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)
From this reading LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
the capital of the state of Delaware
From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
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From this reading MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
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From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & Co., DOVER STREET.
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET LAUREATE.
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From this reading LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
Chapter 1 of Maud, and Other Poems by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson holds 356 sentences, grouped into 72 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 356 sentences of Maud, and Other Poems, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
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