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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
aged
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
beauty
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
bed
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
bread
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
bride
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
broke
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
brood
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
built
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
candle
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
canker
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
childing
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
come
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
corn
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
cry
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
dark
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
death
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
done
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
eye
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
face
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
fisher
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
gone
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
hilly
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
holy
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
laboring
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
lambing
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
land
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
life
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
loch
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
lost
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
man
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
mill
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
morn
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
mountain
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
mouth
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
nest
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
OLD
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
other
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
pain
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
place
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
radiance
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
rhymes
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
rock
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
ruined
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
shed
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
sing
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
Sorrow
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From this reading Sorrow and death I sing-- The canker come on the corn, The fisher lost in the mountain loch, The cry at the mouth of morn.
spent
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
sprung
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
still
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
stock
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From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
sun
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No other life I sing, For I am sprung of the stock That broke the hilly land for bread, And built the nest in the rock!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
thoughts
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
Travail
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From this reading Travail and pain I sing-- The bride on the childing bed, The dark man laboring at his rhymes, The eye in the lambing shed.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
waters
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
white
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
winter
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From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done, Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill.
WOMAN
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From this reading THE OLD WOMAN As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
