Method 1 Memorizing a Formal Poem
Read the poem aloud several times. ...
Look up words you don't understand. ...
Learn and internalize the “story” in the poem. ...
Look for connections between stanzas or sections. ...
Figure out the poem's meter. ...
Memorize the poem's formal structure. ...
Read the poem aloud again several times.
The correct answer is D, because that is the only appropriate shift in tense. A isn't correct because present perfect tense (have raced) is used inappropriately, when it should have been past perfect. B is also incorrect because past perfect means that that action happened before the storm blew, which is not the case. C features future continuous tense, which is impossible due to shift in tense. Therefore, the answer is D, because there is an appropriate tense in that sentence, past simple.
Simile to compare his hair to a mule's tail.