choose the poem that is free verse. first i saw the white bear, then i saw the black; then i saw the camel…

choose the poem that is free verse. first i saw the white bear, then i saw the black; then i saw the camel with a hump upon his back; then i saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw; then i saw the wombat waddle in the straw; then i saw the elephant a - waving of his trunk; then i saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt! you are less an image in my mind than a luster i see you in gleams pale as star - light on a gray wall... evanescent as the reflection of a white swan shimmering in broken water. william makepeace thackeray, \at the zoo\ and from lola ridge, \mother\

choose the poem that is free verse. first i saw the white bear, then i saw the black; then i saw the camel with a hump upon his back; then i saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw; then i saw the wombat waddle in the straw; then i saw the elephant a - waving of his trunk; then i saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt! you are less an image in my mind than a luster i see you in gleams pale as star - light on a gray wall... evanescent as the reflection of a white swan shimmering in broken water. william makepeace thackeray, \at the zoo\ and from lola ridge, \mother\

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Brief Explanations:

Free - verse poetry has no regular meter or rhyme scheme. The first poem has a somewhat repetitive structure and could be considered more rhythmic, while the second poem by Lola Ridge has no discernible rhyme or regular meter pattern.

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You are less an image in my mind than a luster I see you in gleams pale as star - light on a gray wall . . . evanescent as the reflection of a white swan shimmering in broken water.