Before you vote in Matchup 6, you'll read this poem carefully and answer 5 AP Literature–style questions.
You must answer each question correctly to advance — wrong answers send you back to try again.
When you reach 100%, raise your hand so your teacher can unlock the next poem.
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three beloved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
—Even losing you (the joking voice, the gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It may look like (Write it!) disaster.
The art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) disaster.
Raise your hand and show your teacher this screen.
They'll enter the code to unlock your next poem.
Outstanding close reading. You've earned your vote in Matchup 6.
Your teacher will direct you to the bracket.
Matchup 6: Bishop vs. Browning
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