SET V Read each version carefully and try to think how it would sound if it were read aloud. Which version is the poorest poetry, and which is the best poetry? =Best= .... =Middle= .... =Poorest= .... _Version X_ She speaks in tones of silver With the voice of morning birds, And every word that’s spoken of her Echoes the music of her words. _Version Y_ Her every tone is music’s own, Like those of morning birds, And something more than melody Dwells ever in her words. _Version Z_ Her tones are pure as silver chimes, Her notes of birdlike beauty; The words she speaks are at all times Replete with life and beauty. SET VI Read each version carefully and try to think how it would sound if it were read aloud. Which version is the poorest poetry, and which is the best poetry? =Best= .... =Middle= .... =Poorest= .... _Version X_ A pipe and a book, By the side of the brook, With the world and her troubles forgot; Just to read and to smoke, Man forgets that he’s broke,— And he finds, after all, that he’s not. _Version Y_ Give a man a pipe he can smoke, Give a man a book he can read; And his home is bright with a calm delight, Though the room be poor indeed. _Version Z_ Let a man smoke, And let a man read; A pipe and a book in any old nook, Lend peace which is wealth indeed. _Directions for Scoring the Test._ The score in this test is determined in a somewhat more complicated manner than is the case of any other of the Mentimeter series. Two points are allowed each candidate for selecting as “Best” the original version in any set and one point of credit is allowed for selecting the poorest version as “Poorest.” It will be observed that the maximum score on any set will be three points if the candidate arranges the versions in the correct order, two points for selecting the best and one point for selecting the worst. This makes the total maximum score, for six sets, eighteen points. The correct order of merit for each set of selections has been determined by the judgment of approximately one hundred competent judges. It is as follows: