A Dirge
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
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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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Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster
Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?
And all winds go sighing
Why were you born when the snow was falling?
For their far off flying
When the grasshopper comes to trouble,
From summer dying.
You should have come to the cuckoo's calling,
And the wheat-fields are sodden stubble,
You should have died at the apples' dropping,
For sweet things dying.
Or when grapes are green in the cluster,