Love in a Life
Robert Browning
1812 to 1889
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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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As she brushed it, the cornice-wreath blossomed anew:
Such closets to search, such alcoves to importune!
Spend my whole day in the quest,—who cares?
Room after room,
Next time, herself!—not the trouble behind her
And door succeeds door;
I try the fresh fortune—
We inhabit together.
Yon looking-glass gleamed at the wave of her feather.
Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her—
I hunt the house through
Still the same chance! she goes out as I enter.
But 'tis twilight, you see,—with such suites to explore,
Left in the curtain, the couch's perfume!
Range the wide house from the wing to the centre.
Yet the day wears,