question archive Match the bolded words to their contextual meanings based on how they are used in the excerpts from "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant
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Match the bolded words to their contextual meanings based on how they are used in the excerpts from "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant.
match these:
amusement or merriment
burial place or burial chamber
close relationship with someone or
something
reflection or thought
To these:
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills
arrowBoth
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty; and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
arrowBoth
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train
arrowBoth
To him who in the love of nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
arrowBoth
Answer:
burial place or burial chamber =
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills
arrowBoth
amusement or merriment =
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty; and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
arrowBoth
close relationship with someone or
something =
To him who in the love of nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
arrowBoth
reflection or thought =
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train
arrowBoth