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.
how many stanzas are in the poem fire and ice
a single 9 - line stanza