Chapter 3 of Young Adventure: A Book of Poems is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Young Adventure: A Book of Poems is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain. And that I fell -- and rose again. So she was walking in the road. And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry... And then there came long agony.
Chapter 3 of Young Adventure: A Book of Poems is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “And then there came long agony.”
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.”
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading “I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.”
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading “And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “So she was walking in the road.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
anew
From this reading And that I fell -- and rose again.
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading And then there came long agony.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And then there came long agony.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading And that I fell -- and rose again.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading And then there came long agony.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
on one occasion
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
and nothing more
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading And that I fell -- and rose again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then there came long agony.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading And I stood upright like a man, Once, and fell blind, and heard her cry...
close enough to be walked to
From this reading So she was walking in the road.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I only know that there was Pain, Infinite and eternal Pain.
Chapter 3 of Young Adventure: A Book of Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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