Read the poem. Throat is dry; weather’s hot. I buy a can and pop the top. I lift the can to trembling lips, And find relief With one cool sip. How many stanzas does the poem contain?

A stanza is a group of poem lines separated from other groups by a blank line. All five lines are presented together with no blank line separating them, so the poem contains one stanza. The correct choice is 1.

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