Question

Match the bolded words to their contextual meanings based on how they are used the excerpts from "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant.
Tiles
amusement or merriment
burial place or burial chamber
close relationship with someone or something
reflection or thought

Answer 1

Pairs
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 <---> _______

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 <---> _______

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 <---> ________

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 <---> ________

Answer 2

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Answer 3

what are the bold words?

Answer 4

sepulchre
musings
mirth
Communion

Answer 5

Sepulchre - burial place
Mirth - merriment
Musings - thought
Communion - close relationship