Question

it opens and it closes; you have meant to catch it, 10and it shrivels; you abandon your intent— it opens, and it closes and you 15reach for it— the blue surrounding it grows cloudy, and it floats away 20from you. which poetic form does moore use in her poem? ballad free verse sonnet villanelle

Explanation:

Ballads have a set musical - narrative structure with repeated stanzas and often tell a story. Sonnets have 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter. Villanelles have a complex repeating pattern of lines and rhymes. This poem has no regular rhyme scheme, meter, or fixed - form structure, which are characteristics of free verse.

Answer:

B. Free Verse