Question

read the excerpt from \song\ by muriel rukeyser.

make and be eaten, the poet says,
lie in the arms of nightlong fire,
to celebrate the waking, wake.
burn in the daylong light; and praise
even the mother unappeased,
even the fathers of desire

this excerpt is an example of

blank verse. \t\t\tfree verse.

heroic couplet. \t\t\tcommon meter.

Explanation:

To determine the correct form, we analyze each option:

• Blank verse has unrhymed iambic pentameter, but this excerpt lacks a consistent meter or rhyme scheme.
• Free verse has no fixed meter, rhyme, or structure, which matches the excerpt's lack of a regular pattern.
• Heroic couplets are rhymed iambic pentameter pairs, not seen here.
• Common meter has a consistent rhythm (e.g., alternating tetrameter and trimeter) and rhyme, absent in the excerpt.

Answer:

B. free verse.