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Wayfaring Men: A Novel
Wayfaring Men: A Novel

Chapter XIII

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“And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.
“I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;
You scarce could see the grass for flowers.
“I wonder’d while I paced along;
The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”
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Wayfaring Men: A Novel

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.
Line 2
“I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;
Line 3
You scarce could see the grass for flowers.
Line 4
“I wonder’d while I paced along;
Line 5
The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading ““I wonder’d while I paced along;”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “You scarce could see the grass for flowers.”

Scarce adjective US /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading “You scarce could see the grass for flowers.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading ““I wonder’d while I paced along;”

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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “I wonder’d while I paced along;

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

bounteous

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

discontent

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

fields

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

fill'd

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

flowers

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From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

forth

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

full

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

grass

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From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

hope

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

hours

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

lent

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

living

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

motion

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

nature's

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

paced

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From this reading “I wonder’d while I paced along;

pulse

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From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

results

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

room

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

see

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From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.

seem'd

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

sense

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

showers

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

slow

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

song

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

There

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And forth into the fields I went, And nature’s living motion lent The pulse of hope to discontent.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “I wonder’d while I paced along;

winter

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

wonder'd

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From this reading “I wonder’d at the bounteous hours The slow results of winter showers;

woods

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

wrong

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From this reading The woods were fill’d so full with song, There seem’d no room for sense of wrong.”

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You scarce could see the grass for flowers.