They both consist of 14 lines, but these 14 lines have different roles. English sonnets have a couplet at the end and consist of three quatrains. The first 8 lines of Italian sonnets are used as a premise (octave), while the last 4 lines respond to this premise. Free form and free verse are two styles of poetry. Poets who prefer forms do so because they like the order and traditional tone of the poem. Poets who prefer free verse do so because they want to change the tone of the poem. It would make sense to write a sonnet if a poet wants to have a rhythm to his poem. The definition of enjambment is that which “gives the writer the ability to hold back or accelerate the pace of the poem” (Oliver 74). Personally, I'm not a fan of enjambment as I prefer shapes – I like order and knowing what to expect from a poem. The shapes also seem more musical and aurally more appealing. Journal 5: Diction, tone, voice, and imagery differ between poetry and prose because in poetry, word choice is much more important due to the very limited length of the poems. Poets must very quickly establish a special connection between themselves and readers, unlike prose writers who have this capacity for a thousand pages. One poorly chosen word in the poem – you lose the reader's attention. It doesn't work the same way in prose, prose is a much more forgiving literary genre in this sense.