Chapter 3 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XVIII. THE SHOW. The show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to me My neighbor be. Fair play -- Both went to see.
Chapter 3 of Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Fair play -- Both went to see.”
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading “Menagerie to me My neighbor be.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “Menagerie to me My neighbor be.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “Fair play -- Both went to see.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Fair play -- Both went to see.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “THE SHOW.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Fair play -- Both went to see.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Fair play -- Both went to see.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Fair play -- Both went to see.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Fair play -- Both went to see.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Fair play -- Both went to see.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading THE SHOW.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHOW.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The show is not the show, But they that go.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Menagerie to me My neighbor be.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Fair play -- Both went to see.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
From this reading XVIII.
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