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Worksheet Answers: Mourning Art Matching

 

1. Willow tree __5___ Eden, return to Heaven
2. Cherub __7___ Strength over evil
3. Urn __9___ Life cut off in its prime
4. Stream __8___ Citizen of Heaven
5. Garden __4___ Cleansing grace
6. Crossbones and skull __2___ Romantic image of death
7. Oak tree __11__ Everlasting life
8. Angels __6___ Death as the end of life
9. Fallen oak tree __3___ Vessel for holding vital organs
10. Ferns __10__ Humility
11. Evergreen tree __1___ Resurrection

 

Try some of these, seen at the Old Albany Burying Ground:

12. Pointing hand __14___ Voice of the spirit
13. Hour glass __15___ Mortality
14. Skull with mouth __16___ Heavenly reward
15. Shroud __13___ Inevitability of time's passage
16. Crown __17___ Divine harvest
17. Wheat in sheaves __12___ Next level, heaven
18. Columns __18___ Gates of heaven