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Celia Bird

18 March, 10:40

Read the excerpt from " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry."

Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,

Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd,

Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the

bright flow, I was refresh'd,

Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift

current, I stood yet was hurried,

Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the

thick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, I look'd.

How is this excerpt representative of free verse?

The poet is expressing ideas through a loose structure with repetition.

The poet is expressing ideas using a strict structure with rhyme.

The poet is expressing ideas using repetition and a specific rhythm.

The poet is expressing ideas without any structural elements.