Question

Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.

However, some writers/poets use them to impart an old-fashioned flavour to suit the background of their write-up. Such words are called Archaic words.

Give the modern words for the archaic words from the poem.

• thy
• being 
• bestow'd
• thee
• thou
• cans't

Answer 1

• thy - your
•  being - life
• bestowed - gifted/given as a gift
• thee - you
• thou - you
• cans't - can