Question

In the adapted excerpt from Michael Wigglesworth’s Day of Doom, choose the correct meaning for each underlined word.

They rush from beds with giddy ( ** ) heads,

and to their windows run,

Viewing this light, which shines more bright

than doth (***) the noon-day sun

Straightway appears (they see’t with tears)

the son of man most dread;

Who with His train comes on amain (****)

to judge both quick and gone.

The answers are in order from the first perenthasis, to the last ones The Stars will tell you.

**Swollen, Dizzy, Aching

***Goes, Has, Done

****Quickly, Late, Carefully

PLEASE DO HELP!!!!

Answer 1

I believe it is A because it is the one that makes sense.

Answer 2

giddy - dizzy

Their heads are not swollen or aching, just dizzy because they get up so quickly and run to the windows.

doth - does

Doth is the archaic form of do. Does is the best option. I'm hoping that you just had a typo because the line with doth is saying that the light shines brighter than does the noon-day sun. If it's not a typo I'd guess "goes".

amain - quickly

This is the best choice because the train is then described as being both quick and gone. It does not travel carefully since it is going with great speed and there is nothing to suggest that it is late.