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Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Poems is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alan Seeger • Curated US English Learning Edition

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== A report appeared in the American newspapers that he had been killed in the battle of Champagne.

On learning of it, he wrote to his mother:

== I am 'navre' to think of your having suffered so.

I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

Here one has a wholesome notion of the unimportance of the individual.

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Chapter V Reading 1/20

Poems

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Poems is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

== A report appeared in the American newspapers that he had been killed in the battle of Champagne.

Line 2

On learning of it, he wrote to his mother:

Line 3

== I am 'navre' to think of your having suffered so.

Line 4

I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

Line 5

Here one has a wholesome notion of the unimportance of the individual.

All words in this reading · 49

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A

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absurd

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after

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am

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American

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any

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appeared

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arranged

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attack

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battle

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From this reading == A report appeared in the American newspapers that he had been killed in the battle of Champagne.

been

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cable

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Champagne

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had

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has

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have

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having

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he

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Here

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his

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I

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in

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individual

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it

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killed

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known

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learning

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mother

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navre

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newspapers

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notion

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of

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On

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one

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report

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rumours

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From this reading I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

should

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From this reading I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

so

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From this reading == I am 'navre' to think of your having suffered so.

started

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From this reading I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

such

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From this reading I should have arranged to cable after the attack, had I known that any such absurd rumours had been started.

suffered

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From this reading == I am 'navre' to think of your having suffered so.

that

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the

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think

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to

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unimportance

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From this reading Here one has a wholesome notion of the unimportance of the individual.

wholesome

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wrote

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your

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From this reading == I am 'navre' to think of your having suffered so.

Chapter 5 of Poems by Alan Seeger holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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.

What does chapter 5 of Poems contain?

Chapter 5 holds 103 sentences of Poems, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of Poems by Alan Seeger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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.

How do I study chapter 5 of Poems?

Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 21 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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How long does Poems take to read?

About 115 minutes of reading across 278 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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