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Question
Pick out Archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.
| Archaic Words | Modern Equivalents | |
| (a) | ||
| (b) | ||
| (c) | ||
| (d) | ||
| (e) |
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Solution
| Archaic Words | Modern Equivalents | |
| (a) | maiden | Unmarried girl/spinster |
| (b) | thy | your |
| (c) | thine | yours |
| (d) | twere | It were |
| (e) | lo | used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event. |
| (f) | thee | you (object) |
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