Berrying
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 to 1882
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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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Truculent with fraud and force,'
No wisdom from our berries went?'
Caught among the blackberry vines,
The vines replied, 'And didst thou deem
Said I, strolling through the pastures,
Feeding on the Ethiops sweet,
Pleasant fancies overtook me.
And along the river-side.
I said, 'What influence me preferred,
'May be true what I had heard,-
Elect, to dreams thus beautiful?'
Earth's a howling wilderness,