* Lyric poems are generally free-form. They can be any length and don't have a strict rhyme scheme or meter. They focus on expressing emotions and personal thoughts.
* Shakespearean sonnets follow a very specific structure:
* 14 lines
* Iambic pentameter: Ten syllables per line, alternating unstressed and stressed beats.
* Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
* Three quatrains and a couplet
So, while a lyric poem might be a single stanza about the feeling of rain, a Shakespearean sonnet will have 14 lines, a specific rhythm, and a set rhyme pattern.