Pastoral
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
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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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Crops the spiky weed!
Moving through the bushes;
On its little seed!
Or the shaken bell
Oh, stony pasture,
In a forgotten orchard
Where the tall mullein
Stands up so sturdy
Or the soft shock
From an old tree
Licks the purple blossom,
Where the grazing herd
With far away the shrill
From a cow's throat
Crying of a cock;
Oh, grey hill,
If it were only still!—
Upon the hilly rock!
Of wizened apples falling