Usually when an author puts the a certain word in quotation marks when it’s not technically supposed to be there is when they are trying to be sarcastic. For example-
If I knew a boy that wasn’t the most bright person and I wanted to be sarcastic I would say Oh yeah, he’s real “bright”.
Corpulent would most likely go with "fat" since this is often used in a derogatory way to say that something is "oversize". It comes from the Latin "corpus" being body. <span />
<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
