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Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.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

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Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.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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  • thy - your
  •  being - life
  • bestowed - gifted/given as a gift
  • thee - you
  • thou - you
  • cans't - can
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Chapter 2.3 The Worm
English workshop | Q 1 | Page 38
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Chapter 2.3 The Worm
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