Hail

Nora Hopper Chesson

1871 to 1906

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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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Whispering and white of leaf the poplars foretell it,
Black as judgment, or livid as secret sin. 
Under the shaken darkness, the light that quivers, 
Shuddering shoulders of cloud that the live light shivers,
Fire in the opening sky through the clouds that swell it 
Cloud-breasts cloven with lightning as swords cleave shields — 
Lashing and long with flickers of fire between — 
Lambs and their dams crouch low in the sodden fields.