But there are rules for specific types of poems. A haiku, for example, is traditionally a three-line poem whose first and third lines comprise five syllables, and whose second line has seven.

A sonnet is a poem in English of 14 lines that can employ any of a number of formal rhyme schemes but usually ends with a rhyming couplet. There are 10 syllables per line.

Food connoisseur Food and poetry share an intimate relationship, intertwining the sensory and emotional realms. Let us see how the dishes from Bo Tai Qutub, New Delhi will be described in a sonnet ...