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Question 6 of 25 • VA-English 10 CR

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “Horses on the Grass”by Grace Schulman From the tower windowthe moondraws a silver maple’s shadowacross a spangled lawn; horsesrear, manes lashing the air,front legs floating. Half monarch,half shadow, the treeaspires to the sky;one branch, cracked by lightning,scrapes the earth. Reflectedon the grass, bent twigsare curved hooves, gallopingas the moon rises. Divided it standsin wholeness, mourningits victories, praisingthe god of trees, the king of horses. The tree holds soulsin a bark prisonpoised like a runner at the starting line—and bolts free, wildlypawing the ground those roots lie under. Source: Schulman, Grace. “Horses on the Grass.” Days of Wonder: New and Selected Poems. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Poetry Foundation. Web. 25 July 2011. Which statement about the poem is true?

Answer
A
The poem follows a rhyme scheme.
B
The poem is a sonnet.
C
The poem follows a fixed pattern of meter.
D
The poem uses free-verse structure.
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