Writers use words to give us a picture or image without actually saying what they mean. Can you trace some images used in the poem?

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Some such images used in the poem are ‘mouth like a fireplace’, ‘chimney for a nose’, ‘brave as a barrel full of bears’, ‘brave as a tiger in a rage’, ‘went at the pirate like a robin at a worm’, etc.

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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:

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

Find the sentences in the text where these words occur:

erupt

surge

trace

undistinguished

casualty

Look these words up in a dictionary which gives examples of how they are used.

Now answer the following questions.

1. What are the things that can erupt? Use examples to explain the various meanings of erupt. Now do the same for the word surge. What things can surge?

2. What are the meanings of the word trace and which of the meanings is closest to the word in the text?

3. Can you find undistinguished in your dictionary? (If not, look for the word distinguished and say what undistinguished mean.)

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