Chapter 2 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XXII. I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity. Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me. XXIII. UNRETURNING.
Chapter 2 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
a state of deep-seated ill-will
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
death of a person
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading “I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.”
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading “Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.”
work hard
From this reading “Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.”
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more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
for the reason that
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
a state of deep-seated ill-will
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
death of a person
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
not any; not one
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
work hard
From this reading Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
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From this reading UNRETURNING.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading XXII.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one
From this reading XXIII.
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