Question

speak to me of how you miss me.
tell me the hours go long and slow.

speak to me of the drag on your heart,
the iron drag of the long days.

i know hours empty as a beggars tin cup on a rainy day,
empty as a soldiers sleeve with an arm lost.

speak to me . . .

what evidence of free verse poetry does the highlighted lines display?

there is a set line length.

it has an internal rhyme.

there is no set line length.

Explanation:

Free verse poetry is characterized by the absence of a set meter, rhyme scheme, or line length. Looking at the lines, their lengths vary (e.g., "Speak to me of how you miss me." vs "Empty as a soldier's sleeve with an arm lost."), so there's no set line length. The first option is incorrect as line lengths aren't set. Internal rhyme (rhyme within a line) isn't a defining feature of free verse; free verse focuses more on lack of traditional structures like set line length, meter, or rhyme scheme. So the correct evidence is no set line length.

Answer:

C. There is no set line length. (Assuming the third option is labeled C; if the options are A, B, C with A: There is a set line length, B: It has an internal rhyme, C: There is no set line length, then the answer is C. There is no set line length.)