Ariel's Song
William Shakespeare
1564 to 1616
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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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Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd
The strain of strutting chanticleer
Bow-wow.
The wild waves whist,
Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow.
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Of his bones are coral made;
Foot it featly here and there;
But doth suffer a sea-change
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them - Ding-dong, bell.
Come unto these yellow sands,
Bow-wow.
The watch-dogs bark.
Into something rich and strange.
Nothing of him that doth fade,
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Hark, hark! I hear
And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
Hark, hark!
And then take hands: