Question

"Good night, good night! As sweet repose and rest Come to thy heart as that within my breast!"

which word gives us the best clue as to the meaning of the word repose?
A:good
B:sweet
C:breast
D:rest

Answer 1

Rest, because you're usually looking for the word it gives along with repose with the 'and' separating it. I hope that makes sense.

Answer 2

Answer: D) Rest.

Explanation: context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers or it may follow in the next sentence. One of the most common context clues are synonyms, in the given excerpt we can see an example of that, in the phrase "As sweet repose and rest" the word "rest" is a synonym of "repose" and it is a hint to understand the meaning of this last one.