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Question
Notice the spelling of the following words
| houres | shadowes | Sunne |
| noone | clearnesse | behinde |
The ‘e’ that was used in Donne’s period got dropped from English orthography later. Pick out the other words in the poem that have this peculiar feature.
Short/Brief Note
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Solution
The other words in the poem that have this peculiar feature are:
i. Thine
ii. Worke
iii. Blinde
iv. Thee
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Orthography
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