Poetry + Football

The quote, "The two seem SO different. After all, football is measured in yards, poetry in meters" illustrates:

• Poetry and football are both long

• Neither poetry nor football can be measured another way

• How similar football and poetry actually are

• Poetry and football are quite different

Who did Amanda Gorman write her Super Bowl poem about?

• The football team captains

• Essential workers

• Her favorite team

• The new presidential cabinet

True or false: Poetry has been written and recited about football before Gorman's Super Bowl poem.

• True

• False

According to the article, what sport is a "more literary sport" than football?

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Volleyball

• Soccer

What is one main idea of the article?

• Poetry should have nothing to do with football

• Poetry and football are more similar than we think

• More people prefer football over poetry

• Not many people like both poetry and football

According to the article, what is so significant about Amanda Gorman's Super Bowl poem?

• Gorman knew nothing about football until her recitation

• Poetry has never been written about sports until now

• It is the first time poetry will be recited at a sporting holiday

• Gorman is a young black woman