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Question
Here are some of the archaic words used in the poem; can you match them with the words used in modern English language that mean the same? The first one has been done for you as an example:
| stoppeth | why |
| thy | entered |
| wherefore | stopped |
| stopp'st | you |
| thou | lunatic |
| may'st | at once |
| quoth | fainting fit |
| loon | has |
| eftsoons | can't you |
| dropt | stopping |
| hath | church |
| spake | enemy |
| kirk | yes |
| paced | see |
| foe | call |
| aye | trouble |
| en | looking |
| swound | your |
| hollo | said |
| plague | dropped |
| look'st | spoke |
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Solution
| stoppeth | stopped |
| thy | your |
| wherefore | why |
| stopp'st | stopping |
| thou | you |
| may'st | can't you |
| quoth | said |
| loon | lunatic |
| eftsoons | at once |
| dropt | dropped |
| hath | has |
| spake | spoke |
| kirk | church |
| paced | entered |
| foe | enemy |
| aye | yes |
| en | see |
| swound | fainting fit |
| hollo | call |
| plague | trouble |
| look'st | looking |
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