The Road and the End
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
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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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In the silence of the morning,
I shall watch for
Shall not commemorate my ruin
Drive the wild processionals of rain
See the night slur into dawn,
Hear the slow great winds arise
Shall touch my hands and face
Where shapes of hunger wander
The dust of the traveled road
I shall foot it
Where tall trees flank the way
Slim birds swift of wing
And the fugitives of pain go by
I shall foot it
That go where wind and ranks of thunder
The broken boulders by the road
And shoulder toward the sky
Down the roadway in the dusk,
Regret shall be the gravel under foot