Question

What element of modernist poetry is evident in this excerpt from the poem, "Poetry" by Marianne Moore?

Answer 1

Hands that can grasp, eyes
that can dilate, hair that can rise
if it must, these things are important not because a

high sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because
they are
useful. . .

a. There is a strict meter and rhyme.
b. There is an abcb rhyme scheme.
c. The sentences fall across multiple stanzas.
d. The theme of loneliness is obvious.