Les Ballons
Oscar Wilde
1854 to 1900
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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Reel with every windy gust,
Straining at a gossamer string.
Drift like silken butterflies;
Each with coy fantastic pose,
Then to the tall trees they climb,
Float like strange transparent pearls,
With the rubies of the lime.
Like thin globes of amethyst,
Each a petal of a rose
Dip and drift like satin moons,
The light and luminous balloons
Fall and float like silver dust.
Now to the low leaves they cling,
Against these turbid turquoise skies
Wandering opals keeping tryst
Rise and reel like dancing girls,