Sonnet in Dialectic
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
Track 1
Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. You can also use the up (↑) and down (↓) arrows to move a line one place at a time, or the top (⇑) and bottom (⇓) arrows to move a line directly to the top or bottom. 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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Some day, they stumble on her burial-mound.
Upon a poked-at fire; all courage lost
And is indeed truth beauty?—at the cost
And find her, if you can; finding her drowned
And trap the thoughtful, with their thoughts engrossed?
Honour and pity ridiculed, and tossed
To one and all insist she has been found . . .
To move among the unsuspecting free
Save what is whelped and fattened by decree
Will not dismay your ethics,—you will still
To see the coarse triumphant, and to see
Drag yet that stream for Beauty, if you will;
And haggard men will smile your praise, until,
Of all else that we cared for, can this be?—
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