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Reading Focus I wakened was with thund’ring noise
In lines 1–2, I see how the And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.
inversion makes the words
at the end of the lines rhyme 5 That fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”
(took; look). In normal word
Let no man know is my desire.
order the lines read: “In silent
night when I took rest / I did I, starting up, the light did spy, B
not look for sorrow near.”
And to my God my heart did cry
To strengthen me in my distress
B YOUR TURN
10 And not to leave me succorless.1
Reading Focus
Re-read line 7. Now, circle
IN OTHER WORDS It was a
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15 That laid my goods3 now in the dust.
Yea, so it was, and so ’twas just. D YOUR TURN
It was His own, it was not mine, Vocabulary
Far be it that I should repine;4 Use context clues to write a
definition for sufficient. You
He might of all justly bereft5 can then use a dictionary to
20 But yet sufficient for us left. D check your answer.
Language Coach
An antonym is a word that 12. ‘gin means “begin.”
has the opposite meaning 13. Chide (CHYD) means “scold; find fault with.”
of another word. For 14. Abide (UH BYD) means “wait; stay.”
example, an antonym for 15. mold’ring is short for “moldering” (MOHL DUHR IHNG) which means
above is below. “breaking up and wasting away.”
16. A dunghill is a pile of dung or manure.
17. Framed means “put together; constructed; formed.”
18. Pelf (PEHLF) means “wealth or worldly goods; sometimes used as a
term of contempt because the goods are considered to be ill-gotten
or even stolen.”
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E LITERARY ANALYSIS
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