If you were coming in the fall:

If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.
If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.
But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.

Question:
How does the poet organize ideas in this poem?

A) The poet organizes ideas in paired lines of three syllables each.

B) The poet organizes ideas in stanzas of four lines each.

C) The poet organizes ideas by gradually decreasing the number of beats in each line throughout the poem.

D) The poet organizes ideas by gradually increasing the number of beats in each line throughout the poem.