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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 Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
actual
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
air
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
angel
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
brilliant
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
clear
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
comforting
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
companion
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
conjures
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
deep-felt
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
deficiencies
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
delicate
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
divine
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
earth
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
ease
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
excellence
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
exquisite
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
eye
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
fibre
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
find
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
folded
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
guarding
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
heart
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
Helen
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
ideal
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
indeed
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
intent
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
less
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
lord
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
Oh
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
pinions
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
poet
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From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
provident
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
quiet
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
rebaptism
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
regeneration
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
round
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
sense
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
serene
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
soft
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
soil
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
soul
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
spring
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
stars
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
stumbles
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
sunny
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
supplies
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Woman, less as the ideal that a poet conjures from the air, than as the companion of a poet on the earth!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
there
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
things
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
too
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
type
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
unmarred
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
unnoticed
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
vision
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From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
wantonness
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
wild
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From this reading Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant "lord of wantonness and ease" is to find the regeneration of his life, the rebaptism of his soul?
winter
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Woman, who, with her clear sunny vision of things actual, and the exquisite fibre of her delicate sense, supplies the deficiencies of him whose foot stumbles on the soil, because his eye is too intent upon the stars!
woman
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From this reading Oh, Helen, fair Helen,--type of the quiet, serene, unnoticed, deep-felt excellence of woman!
world
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From this reading Woman, the provident, the comforting, angel whose pinions are folded round the heart, guarding there a divine spring unmarred by the winter of the world!
