Multiple Genres: Analyzing The Effect Of Meter And Structural Elements In Poetry Across Forms (TEKS.ELA.6.8.B) Practice Test

I carry the river in my shoes, little whispers of rain tucked in the laces. Streets shine, and traffic hums low, but when the wind pauses I hear the old bridge call me home.

Morning stretches over brick and pane, a gold net catching dust and rain; Pigeons rehearse their clapping wings, the streetlamp blinks, forgets its springs. I button time with coffee steam, then step between a thought and dream— the sidewalk answers, heel by heel, a measured song of rubber and steel.