<P> It is written in a single 9 - line stanza , which greatly narrows in the last two lines . The poem 's meter is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and dimeter , and the rhyme scheme ( which is A-B-A , A-B-C , B-C-B ) suggests but departs from the rigorous pattern of terza rima . </P>
<P> It is written in a single 9 - line stanza , which greatly narrows in the last two lines . The poem 's meter is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and dimeter , and the rhyme scheme ( which is A-B-A , A-B-C , B-C-B ) suggests but departs from the rigorous pattern of terza rima . </P>
how many stanzas are in the poem fire and ice
how many stanzas are in the poem fire and ice
a single 9 - line stanza
a single 9 - line stanza