The Road and the End
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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See the night slur into dawn,
Down the roadway in the dusk,
The broken boulders by the road
Slim birds swift of wing
Drive the wild processionals of rain
That go where wind and ranks of thunder
I shall foot it
I shall foot it
Hear the slow great winds arise
And the fugitives of pain go by
Shall not commemorate my ruin
Where shapes of hunger wander
And shoulder toward the sky
In the silence of the morning,
Regret shall be the gravel under foot
Where tall trees flank the way
Shall touch my hands and face
I shall watch for
The dust of the traveled road