Question

Read the haiku. Birds scatter in flight Colorful specks in the air Noisy confetti The main feature that makes this a haiku is the use of
A) a seasonal motif.
B) a patterned rhyme.
C) a 5/7/5 syllable pattern.
D) past tense and free structure.

Answer 1

Answer:

The haiku " Birds scatter in flight Colorful specks in the air Noisy confetti" makes use of a 5/7/5 syllable pattern.

Explanation:

Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem. The number of lines present in a haiku is 3. First line line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. Third line also has 5 syllables. Syllables is nothing but a part of a word that can be pronounced as a unit. These haiku rarely contains rhyming words.

The above haiku can be split into syllable as follows:

Birds /sca/ tter/ in/ flight/

Co/ lor/ ful/specks/ in/ the/ air

Noi/sy/con/fe/ tti

Answer 2

Answer:

a 5/7/5 syllable pattern (C)

Explanation: