The night has cut

each from each

and curled the petals

back from the stalk

and under it in crisp rows;

under at an unfaltering pace,

under till the rinds break,

back till each bent leaf

is parted from its stalk;

under at a grave pace,

under till the leaves

are bent back

till they drop upon earth,

back till they are all broken.

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 is one feature of free-verse poetry in "Night"?

A.) The poem is in iambic pentameter.

B.) The lines use an ABAB rhyme scheme.

C.) The language is formal and complex.

D.) The stanzas are roughly the same size.

The stanzas are each group of verses that the poem represents is similar to a paragraph of prose writing. The poem shown in the question above has four stanzas where most have four or five verses in their composition, which makes the stanzas in this poem basically the same size.

In addition, the poem is written in free verses which indicates that it has no rhyme, so it does not have an ABAB rhyme scheme. The language of the poem is, in fact, cultured, but it is not complex and the poem does not have iambic pentameter.