Black Tambourine
Hart Crane
1899 to 1932
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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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The black man, forlorn in the cellar,
Gnats toss in the shadow of a bottle,
Mark tardy judgment on the world's closed door.
And, in Africa, a carcass quick with flies.
Fox brush and sow ear top his grave
The interests of a black man in a cellar
Heaven with the tortoise and the hare;
And a roach spans a crevice in the floor.
Wanders in some mid-kingdom, dark, that lies,
Aesop, driven to pondering, found
And mingling incantations on the air.
Between his tambourine, stuck on the wall,