I am a maiden of bronze and lie on the tomb of Midas.

So long as water flows and tall trees grow.

So long here on this spot by his sad tomb abiding.

I shall declare to passers-by that Midas sleeps below.

Soc. In this rhyme whether a line comes first or comes

last makes no difference.

Phaedr. Indeed.

The point: Any paragraph whose sentences can be

written in any order is formless and therefore less
meaningful than it might be.

Instructions:

Cut a paragraph from any online text, or from your own

writing, and paste it into the space below. Click the
submit button, and the machine will reprint the paragraph
with the sentences in random order. If you wrote the
paragraph, seeing the sentences scrambled may tell you
something about how to revise.