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?

a. the poet is expressing ideas through a loose structure with repetition.
b. the poet is expressing ideas using a strict structure with rhyme.
c. the poet is expressing ideas using repetition and a specific rhythm.
d. the poet is expressing ideas without any structural elements.