Exercise 7

Mark the verbs in the following poem. Often in poetry words are omitted

which in strict grammatical construction should be expressed. As for

example in the fourth line of this poem _which are_, is omitted before

the word _bought_. In prose this would read, _The pews which are bought

by the profits_, etc. So the word _bought_ is a part of the verb phrase,

_are bought_. In the last line of the third stanza there is another

omission before the word _planning_. The meaning is, _while they are

planning slaughter_. _Planning_ is a part of the verb phrase _are

planning_. And in the last line _is_ is omitted before the word

_beloved_. _Is beloved_ is the verb phrase. Determine whether the verbs

in this poem are complete, transitive or copulative, and mark the

objects and the complements of the transitive and the copulative verbs.

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