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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Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.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
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Solution
- thy - your
- being - life
- bestowed - gifted/given as a gift
- thee - you
- thou - you
- cans't - can
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