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:
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Stoppeth- |
Stopped |
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Thy |
entered |
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Wherefore |
why |
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Stopp’st |
you |
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Thou |
lunatic |
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May’st |
at once |
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Quoth |
fainting fit |
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Loon |
has |
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Eftsoons |
can’t you |
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Dropt |
stopping |
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Hath |
church |
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Spake |
enemy |
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Kirk |
yes |
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Paced |
see |
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Foe |
call |
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Aye |
trouble |
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Ken |
looking |
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Swound |
your |
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Hollo |
said |
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Plague |
dropped |
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Look’st |
spoke |
