Now write a four-line stanza of your own that you think would go well to music. After you write the stanza, reflect on the following questions: What rhyme scheme and meter does your poem have?
How do those qualities help express the meaning of the poem?
What genre of music do you see your poem fitting into?
In what ways is the musical genre you envision connected to the rhyme scheme and meter that you chose?

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.