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Appreciation
Look at these lines from the poem.
• ‘Thou’rt wrong, my friend,’ said good King Hal,
• ‘I earn my bread,’ quoth he;
The words thou’rt and quoth are an old way of saying you are and said, respectively. Such words
and phrases that are no longer used in everyday speech are called archaic words. Archaisms are
sometimes used in poetry and other literary forms to lend an old-fashioned fl avour to them.
A. Find more archaic words from the poem. Write them in the fi rst column of the table given
below. Complete the table by writing the modern equivalent of these words in the second
column. One has been done for you.
Archaic word Modern word
thine yours
B. The poem tells us that it is not money or power, but the simple things in life which make us
feel content. Read the poem again and complete the word web below by writing down the
lines which correspond to the given ideas.
Happiness does not depend on money and power.
Happiness depends Happiness depends on Happiness depends
on family. doing your work well. on being grateful.
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