Answer:
The poem has an ABCB rhyme scheme.
Each stanza is a quatrain.
The poem contains two stanzas.
Step-by-step explanation:
The rhyme scheme is ABCB: This means the second verse rhymes with the fourth.
"Feet pound pavement as miles pass, (A)
Steady as tides, they approach their shore, (B)
Training is tested, strength is stretched—(C)
Buoyed by the pack, one mile more".(B)
A quatrain means the stranza consists of four lines. As we can see, this poem has two stanzas and each of them is a quatrain.
"Feet pound pavement as miles pass,
Steady as tides, they approach their shore,
Training is tested, strength is stretched—
Buoyed by the pack, one mile more.
Sweat streaks, muscles tense, eager for the end, (A)
Final flags beckon, the crowd grows loud. (B)
Tested vessels reach their harbor— (C)
Runners hearts beat proud"(B)