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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 Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
ado
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
all
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
almost
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Being's
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
blessedness
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
blindly
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
bring
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
call
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
child
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
crying
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
custom
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
deep
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
earnest
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
earthly
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
freedom
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
freight
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
frost
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
Full
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
glorious
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
heaven-born
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Heavy
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
height
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
HEREnounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
inevitable
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
laugh
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
lie
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
much
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
night
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Officer
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
only
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
pains
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
people
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
Picture
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
provoke
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
saddest
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
some
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From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
soon
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
soul
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
story
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
strife
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Thus
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
very
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From this reading [Picture: The Officer and a crying child] HERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story.
weight
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From this reading Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life.”
Why
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I know some people will only laugh at it, and call it much ado about nothing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
WORDSWORTH
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Years
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
yoke
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From this reading “Thou little child, yet glorious in the night Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being’s height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke— Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
