27 February 1807 to 24 March 1882 (~75)
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:
- Type your answers directly into the blank spaces
- Get instant feedback as you type - correct answers show green, incorrect show red
- Use the keyboard for faster input and navigation
- Submit answers to check your overall progress
Drag & Drop Mode
Switch to Drag & Drop mode to:
- Drag words from the word bank and drop them into blank spaces
- Click on words in the bank to automatically fill blanks
- Click on blanks to select or clear them
Game Features
- Word Skip Selector: Choose how frequently words are removed (every 4th, 5th, 6th word, etc.)
- Progress Bar: Shows your completion percentage
- Color Feedback: Green for correct answers, red for incorrect ones
- Audio Player: Listen to the musical arrangement while you play (when available)
- Show Missing Words: View all the correct answers if you need help
- Reset Game: Start over with the same poem
- New Game: Get a different random poem
Winning
When you fill all the blanks correctly and submit your answers, you'll see a congratulations message! The progress bar will show 100% completion.
Tips
- Read the entire poem first to understand the context
- Look for grammatical clues (verb tense, articles, etc.)
- Use the audio player to hear the rhythm and flow (when available)
- Start with easier word skip settings (like every 8th word) and work your way up
- Don't be afraid to use "Show Missing Words" if you get stuck!
- Try both Type In and Drag & Drop modes to see which you prefer
Missing Words
Leafless are the trees; their purple branches
Spread themselves abroad, like reefs of coral,
Rising silent
In the Red of the Winter sunset.
From the hundred chimneys of village,
Like the Afreet in the Arabian story,
Smoky
Tower aloft into the air of amber.
At the winks the flickering fire-light;
Here and there the lamps evening glimmer,
Social watch-fires
Answering one another through the darkness.
On the hearth the lighted logs are glowing,
And Ariel in the cloven pine-tree
For its freedom
Groans sighs the air imprisoned in them.
By the fireside are old men seated,
Seeing ruined cities in the ashes,
Asking sadly
Of the Past what it can ne'er them.
By the fireside there are youthful dreamers,
Building fair, with stately stairways,
Asking blindly
Of the Future it cannot give them.
By the fireside tragedies are
In whose scenes appear two actors only,
Wife and husband,
And above them God the sole spectator.
By the there are peace and comfort,
Wives and children, with fair, thoughtful faces,
Waiting, watching
For a well-known footstep in passage.
Each man's chimney is his Golden Mile-stone;
Is central point, from which he measures
Every distance
Through gateways of the world around him.
In his farthest still he sees it;
Hears the talking flame, the night-wind,
As he heard them
When he sat with who were, but are not.
Happy he whom neither nor fashion,
Nor the march of the encroaching city,
an exile
From the hearth of his ancestral homestead.
may build more splendid habitations,
Fill our rooms with and with sculptures,
But we cannot
Buy with gold old associations!