How is free verse different from formal verse? it does not employ punctuation marks or other grammatical devices. it uses slang words and phrases rather than formal english it only rhymes every other line and is metered in a specific way it has irregular meter and line length and sounds like natural speech

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went