Read the stanza from "Night."O night, you take the petals of the roses in your hand, but leave the stark core of the rose to perish on the branch. What does the word “stark” mean in this stanza?

The stanza contrasts the rose’s petals, which the night takes, with its core, which is left behind on the branch. “Stark” describes that core as exposed or bare, so the best choice is “bare.”

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