A Dirge
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
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. 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 the wheat-fields are sodden stubble,
Why were you born when the snow was falling?
And all winds go sighing
For their far off flying
You should have died at the apples' dropping,
Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?
You should have come to the cuckoo's calling,
Or when grapes are green in the cluster,
When the grasshopper comes to trouble,
Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster
From summer dying.
For sweet things dying.