The phrase "long I stood" means that the speaker stood, thinking or pondering, in one place. This phrase is part of a line from Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem The Raven.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
The phrase "long I stood" suggests that the speaker remained in one place for an extended period, emphasizing the duration and possibly the patience or perseverance required. It conveys a sense of time passing and a lingering presence in a particular location.
The "oo" in "stood" is a long vowel sound.
"The guard stood in place for a long time."
She stood aghast as her home for her entire life burned to the ground.
The words ate, date, dice, nice, tend, a, an, in, I, tea, aid, aide, tin, and nit can be made from indicate. This is a total of 14 words.
Yes, the vowel sound in "stood" is a long vowel sound.
Some English words come from forms that used either Y or I to indicate their pronunciation as a long I. The word "kind" is from Old English gecynde ("natural"). German words with kind have a short I sound.
It can be pronounced as stood-nt
Since 1889
Quotation marks can be used to show words from other languages if they are being directly quoted or emphasized. However, it is not always necessary and context can help indicate the use of a different language. Ultimately, it's important to be consistent and clear in how foreign words are presented in a written text.
The vowel sound in stood is called a short OO sound. It is seen in the rhyming words good, wood, could, and should. It also appears in such words as book, pull, put, and foot.
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The cast of Long I Stood There - 2012 includes: Sharon Aur as Julie Annabel Evans as Christine Ceri Williams as Christine