Mill-Doors
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Track 1
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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And you are old before you are young
And all the blood of you drop by drop,
You never come back
The hopeless open doors that call and wait
I say good-by because I know they tap your wrists.
I say good-by when I see you going in the doors.
How many cents for the sleepy eyes and fingers?
You never come back
In the dark, in the silence, day by day.
And take you then for— how many cents a day?