This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question, with the underline words.
Match the underlined word in each verse to its meaning in the context of the poem
the rhythm of a piece of poetry or music
a silly or foolish person
meaning, weight, or significance
reward
a small stream
1. "In which the burthen of the mystery, / In which the heavy and the weary weight of all this unintelligible world, / Is lightened:"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
2. "Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur, other gifts / Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, / Abundant recompence"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
3. "Hold offl unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
(from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
4. "nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he;"
(from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray)
5. "Where was heard the mingled measure. From the fountain and the caves."
(from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Answer:
burthen - meaning, weight, or significance
recompence - reward
loon - a silly of foolish person
rill - a small stream
measure - the rhythm of a piece of poetry or music
Explanation:
Burthen is an archaic form of spelling "burden". When we think of a burden, we think of something heavy, difficult to carry around. Therefore, burthen means "weight"
Recompence is more commonly spelled "recompense" nowadays. It is the same as reward.
A loon is a foolish or silly person. We can think of a "loony", a crazy or silly person, someone who does not think or see things the way others do.
A rill is, by definition, a small stream or brook. There is not much we can add here.
Finally, measure refers to the rhythm of a poem or a piece of music. We commonly refer to it by "meter" or simply "rhythm", depending on what we mean.
