Details That Reveal Setting: Poetry Practice Test

Read the poem excerpt and answer the question.

"In the museum, the air is kept cold as a held breath.

My footsteps soften on carpet the color of old bones.

Beside the painting, a plaque speaks in perfect sentences,

and the guard stands under a camera’s unblinking eye.

I look at the storm on canvas and feel

my own weather quiet under the hush of climate control."

What do the bolded setting details suggest about the museum’s effect on the speaker?​

Read the poem and answer the question.

"Stadium"

Under halogen glare, the field looks unreal,

too green to trust.

We chant on cue,

following the jumbotron’s commands.

In the concourse, beer cups overflow

from trash bins like brief fountains.

When our team scores,

I feel my body rise

with thousands of others,

as if I have rented joy

by the hour.

What do the bolded setting details most strongly suggest about the crowd’s emotion?