Consider the following descriptions of poetic forms:

- A villanelle is 19 lines long, using only two rhymes and repeating two lines throughout the poem. It consists of five triplets followed by a quatrain, with the rhyme scheme: "aba aba aba aba aba abaa." The 1st and 3rd lines from the first stanza are alternately repeated, with the last two lines of the poem being lines 1 and 3, respectively, forming a rhymed couplet.

- A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.

- A sestina is an old fixed form of poetry, dating back to the twelfth century. It consists of six six-line stanzas and a three-line concluding stanza. The ending words of the first stanza are repeated throughout each subsequent stanza in a set pattern. The same six words appear in the concluding three-line stanza, two in each line.

- A haiku uses no more than 17 syllables, typically arranged in lines of 5-7-5 syllables, avoiding similes and metaphors.

- Free verse is a style of poetry based on more irregular cadences than traditional poetic meter. The basic rhythmic unit of most traditional poetic forms is the foot, while free verse tends to use longer units like the line or stanza. Free verse may or may not use rhyme, and when used, it follows a looser pattern than formal verse.

Which definition most closely reflects the poem "Waltz" by A. Gautam?

A. sestina
B. sonnet
C. free verse
D. haiku

The poem by A. Gautam most closely reflects the poetic form of free verse, as it does not adhere to the traditional structures and rhyme schemes of the other forms mentioned.

The poem '“Waltz” by A. Gautam described above does not conform to the traditional structures and rhyme schemes of forms such as the sonnet, villanelle, sestina, or haiku.

It lacks a strict meter, a predefined rhyme scheme, or repetitive words at the ends of lines which are characteristic of these forms.

Instead, the poem seems to follow its own rhythm and structure, which is more indicative of free verse.

This style allows the poet greater creative freedom to express thoughts and emotions without the constraints of traditional poetic forms.