riding my bike down a steep hill
<u>Answer:</u>
The haiku " Birds scatter in flight Colorful specks in the air Noisy confetti" makes use of a 5/7/5 syllable pattern.
<u>Explanation:</u>
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:
C. competitive
Explanation:
The word that describe the poet's feelings in the excerpt lines from "The Children's Hour" is a competitive feeling, the poet is challenging the bue-eyed bandittis that because they scaled the wall does not mean they are of a match to him, even at his old mustache age.