Poetry Review

What is the main idea of the following poem:
The horse stood tall
Above them all.
He towered like a king
Such a beautiful thing.
He trotted with grace
With a perfect pace
The blue ribbon all a glow
He had finally won the show.

• The horse won the show
• The horse is ugly
• The horse was tired
• The horse was up on a hill

How many stanzas make up this poem?

• 4

• 5

• 16

• 20

• A. Line 1

• B. Line 3

• C. Line 4

• D. Line 5

• A. the regret the speaker has about not doing his best

• B. how proud the coach is of the team, even though they lost

• C. the speaker's reason for not practicing more

• D. how much he wishes he had a trophy

• A. 6

• B. 2

• C. 3

• D. 4

• A. 6

• B. 3

• C. 2

• D. 7

• A. It was snowing heavily

• B. There were leaves covering the ground

• C. Very few leaves had fallen

• D. None of the above

• A. The last words in the first and fourth lines

• B. The last words in the first and third lines

• C. The last word in every line

• D. The last words in the second and fourth lines

group of lines of a poem arranged together (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• line

• rhythm

• repetition

the narrator of the poem (not the same as the poet)

• metaphor

• mood

• end rhyme

• speaker