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Instructions
Reread the following lines from the three texts. Then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.

from “The Journey” by Mary Oliver
12 But you didn't stop.
13 You knew what you had to do,
14 though the wind pried
15 with its stiff fingers
16 at the very foundations,
17 though their melancholy
18 was terrible.
from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost:
5 My little horse must think it queer
6 To stop without a farmhouse near
7 Between the woods and frozen lake
8 The darkest evening of the year.
from “12 (from ‘Gitanjali’)” by Rabindranath Tagore:
4 It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself, and that training is the most
intricate
5 which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune.
Which statement below provides the most accurate analysis about the use of structure and sound in the poems?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “The Journey” and “12 (from ‘Gitanjali’)” are in free verse, but “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” has regular stanza length, rhythm, and rhyme scheme.

B. “The Journey” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” have regular stanza length and rhythm, but “12 (from ‘Gitanjali’)” is free verse.

C. All three poems have regular rhythm, but only “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” has regular rhyme scheme.

D. All three poems have regular stanza length, but only “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” has regular meter and rhyme scheme.