A Noiseless Patient Spider
Walt Whitman
1819 to 1892
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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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I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
And you O my soul where you stand,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
A noiseless patient spider,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold,