Read the poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” by Robert Hayden. Today as the news from Selma and Saigon poisons the air like fallout, I come again to see the serene, great picture that I love. Here space and time exist in light the eye like the eye of faith believes. The seen, the known dissolve in iridescence, become illusive flesh of light that was not, was, forever is. O light beheld as through refracting tears. Here is the aura of that world each of us has lost. Here is the shadow of its joy. What evidence supports the conclusion that the poem is written in free verse? Choose two correct answers.
Answer
A
There is a regular rhyme scheme.
B
There are three stanzas.
C
There is a pattern of stressed syllables.
D
There is no rhyme scheme.
E
The lines are unequal in length.
Explanation
Free verse does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or a consistent pattern of line lengths. In this poem, the line endings do not form a regular rhyme pattern, and the lines vary in length. Those features support the conclusion that the poem is written in free verse.
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