Question

read the poem roses, by george eliot
you love the roses—so do i. i wish
the sky would rain down roses, as they rain
from off the shaken bush. why will it not?
then all the valley would be pink and white
and soft to tread on. they would fall as light
as feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
like sleeping and like waking, all at once!
what is the main style difference between roses and night?

• roses uses a more modern form
• night uses a rhyme scheme
• night uses trochaic pentameter
• roses uses iambic pentameter

Explanation:

To determine the answer, we analyze the options:

• Option B: "Roses" also has a rhyme scheme (e.g., "I" and "why", "bush" and "tush" - though in the given excerpt, "wish" and "bush" have a slant rhyme, and "not" and "white" etc. show rhyme elements), so "Night" using a rhyme scheme isn't a distinct difference.
• Option C: Trochaic pentameter has a stressed - unstressed syllable pattern. The poem "Roses" doesn't follow this, and there's no indication "Night" does this as a main style difference from "Roses".
• Option D: "Roses" does not use iambic pentameter (iambic pentameter has an unstressed - stressed syllable pattern in five - foot lines). The lines in "Roses" are of varying lengths and don't follow this meter.
• Option A: "Roses" has a more free - form, modern - like structure with irregular line lengths and a less rigid metrical pattern compared to more traditional forms, making this the most likely main style difference.

Answer:

A. "Roses" uses a more modern form