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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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violin

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˌvɑe.ɘˈlɘn/Used In Literature ↓

A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.

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. violinconcerto violinsonata violinplaying violinviolin firstviolin soloviolin second
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Poetry examples for violin

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The voice returns like the insistent out-of-tune

Of a broken violin on an August afternoon:

“I am always sure that you understand

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