“horses on the grass” by grace schulman from the tower window the moon draws a silver maple’s shadow across a spangled lawn; horses rear, manes lashing the air, front legs floating. half monarch, half shadow, the tree aspires to the sky; one branch, cracked by lightning, scrapes the earth. reflected on the grass, bent twigs are curved hooves, galloping as the moon rises. divided it stands in wholeness, mourning its victories, praising the god of trees, the king of horses. the tree holds souls in a bark prison poised like a runner at the starting line— and bolts free, wildly pawing 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?

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning