WorksheetsDarkling Thrush Vocab.
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
1st Stanza -- The word the speaker uses for a fence made of bushes. ( (a) gate)
1st stanza -- another word for ghost
(spell it like he spells it--the British way)
(a)
1st stanza
This hyphenated term refers to long thin tree branches with no leaves that shoot straight up.
(a)
1st stanza
Another name for harps
(a)
1st stanza
another word for the stuff left at the bottom of a cup after you've drunk your coffee or tea
(a)
2nd Stanza
Hardy made up this word. It's supposed to mean "laid out flat"
(a)
3rd Stanza
The word Hardy uses instead of "unlimited"
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3rd Stanza
This word means "thin from lack of food"
(a)
3rd Stanza
This word means "evening song"
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3rd Stanza
This word means feather
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3rd Stanza
This hyphenated word refers to the wind-beaten feathers of the bird
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3rd Stanza
This is a more descriptive word for "throw"
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4th Stanza
This word refers to feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
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4th Stanza
The word the speaker uses for "earthly"
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4th Stanza
This archaic word means "near or nearby"
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2nd Stanza
What poetic word does Hardy use for "sky"?
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In the title, this archaic word means "growing dark or characterized by darkness"
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The thrush may be characterized as SANGUINE, which means . . .
being depressed in a bad situation
being positive in a pleasant situation
being optimistic in a gloomy situation
being open-minded and tolerant
