What is Poetry? Use the text to answer each question below.
1. A poetic form is a type of poem with specific rules for thyme, thythm and/or subject matter. Two poetic
forms are haikus and sonnets,
A haiku is a traditional Japanese poetic form. It consists of three unrhymed lines with specific syllable
counts: five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second and live in the third. Haikus are often
about nature and the seasons.
A sonnet is a 14-line poem with a set thyme scheme and a particular syllable pattern called lambic
pentometer, Different types of sonnets have different thyme schemes. An English, or Shakespearean,
sonnet usually follows the rhyme scheme of ABABCOCDEFEFGG. The final two lines, a couplet,
summarize the main ides of the poem.
According to the passage, one of the differences between haikus and sonnets is
A the number of adjectives used in the B, the number of lines in the poems,
poems
C, the type of writer who composes the D. the types of verbs used in the poems.
pooms