Inland

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

1892 to 1950

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How to Play Cloze Games

A cloze game is a reading comprehension activity where certain words are removed from a text and you need to fill in the blanks with the correct words. This helps improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and understanding of context.

Type In Mode

In this mode, you can:

Drag & Drop Mode

Switch to Drag & Drop mode to:

Game Features

Winning

When you fill all the blanks correctly, you'll see a congratulations message and confetti animation! The progress bar will show 100% completion.

Tips

Missing Words

People that build their houses inland,
People that buy plot of ground
Shaped like a house, and build house there,
Far from the sea-board, far from the

Of water sucking the hollow ledges,
Tons of water the shore,—
What do they long for, as long for
One salt smell of the sea once more?

People the waves have not awakened,
Spanking the boats the harbour’s head,
What do they long for, as long for,—
Starting up in my inland bed,

the narrow walls, and finding
Neither a window nor door,
Screaming to God for death by drowning,—
salt taste of the sea once more?

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