The Self-Unseeing

Thomas Hardy

1840 to 1928

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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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Yet we were looking away!
He who played stood there,
She sat here in her chair, 
Smiling into the fire; 
Here is the ancient floor, 
Here was the former door 
Blessings emblazoned that day;
Childlike, I danced in a dream;
Footworn and hollowed and thin, 
Everything glowed with a gleam;
Bowing it higher and higher.
Where the dead feet walked in.