Holla if you hear me. is it formal or informal

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

That pattern of stanzas from which a poem is built is called ?

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)