A poetic form is a type of poem with specific rules for rhryme, rhythm 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 five in the third. Haikus are often about nature and the seasons.

A sonnet is a 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme and a particular syllable pattern called iambic pentarneter. Different types of sonnets have different rhyme schemes. An English, or Shakespearean, sonnet usually follows the rhyme scheme of: ABABCDCDEFEFGG. The final two lines, a couplet, summarize the main idea of the poem.


According to the passage, one of the differences between haikus and sonnets is

A the number of adjectives used in the poems.

B the number of lines in the poems.

C the type of writer who composes the poems.

D the types of verbs used in the poems.​