HAIKU

HAIKU
Is one of the most important
form of Japanese poetry.
Combines form, content, and
language in a meaningful yet
compact form.
Are typically written about
nature, but they can be about
any topic.

HAIKU
Haiku is usually written in the
present tense and uses simple
words and grammar.
Many themes include nature,
feelings, or experiences.
It does not rhyme.

THE BASIC RULE

OF THE HAIKU

SO IN SUMMARY:
A haiku has three (3) lines.
There are five (5) syllables in the
first line,
Seven (7) syllables in the second
line,
And five (5) syllables in the third
line, with a total of 17 (5+7+5)
syllables altogether.

FAMOUS HAIKU POET

-Matsuo
Basho

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- The haiku conveys a short

message.
- Rhyme is not important.

SUMMER

FALL

WINTER

SPRING

It must include a kigo (words

that indicate season).

moon in the water

broken and broken again
but still it is there
--Choshu

This snowy morning

That Black Crow I hate so
much..
but hes beautiful!
--Basho

EXAMPLE:

EXAMPLE:
In a pouch I grow
On a southern continent
Strange creatures I know.

EXAMPLE:
Green and speckled legs
Hops on logs and lily-pads
Splash in cool water

 Rules of behavior based on ideas about

what is morally good and bad.
An area of study that deals with ideas
about what is good and bad behavior; a
branch of philosophy dealing with what
is morally right or wrong
A belief that something is very
important.

Lyric poetry
- is a form of poetry which
expresses personal emotions
or feelings, typically spoken in
the first person .

SONNETS
There are two types of sonnets: The
Italian
and
the
English
or
Shakespearean. Both types follow a
similar structure, with the main
variation being a different rhyme
scheme (the pattern of end rhyme).

ELEGY
The elegy originally had a strict
structure dealing with meter. More
specifically, the meter alternated
between 6 foot and 5 foot lines.
Nowadays, elegies don't follow a
specific format, but always have the
same mood.

NARRATIVES
A Spoken or written account
of connected events; a
story.

A Message that tells the

particulars of an act or
occurrence or course of
events; presented in writing
or drama or cinema or as a
radio or television program

Different Types
or
Kinds of Narratives

Epics - lengthy stories of heroic exploits

Fables - stories that teach a lesson, often using
animal characters
Folk Tales - old stories that reveal cultural customs
Fantasy - fiction stories about unrealistic
characters and events that would never happen

Idyll - short poem depicting a peaceful, idealize

country scene and long poems about ancient heroes
Confessions of a City Mouse
Begin, O Muses, begin once more the bucolic songs!
O wolves, O jackals, O bears who in their season haunt the
caves,
Fare thee well! I Daphnis the cowherd will come no longer to
thee in thy wood,
No more to thine oak thickets, to thy groves. Farewell,
Arethusa,
And the rivers who pour down the Thybris thy beauteous
waters!

Lay rhyming poems focused on the romance

Impart by Rick Parise
A simple wish
A wish of love
A simple love
To wish upon
To hold you near
To let you in
To let you hold
Me once again
I open up
A heart of fear
With opened eyes
A love so dear

Ballad narrative poem that tells about folk tales or

legends.
Ballata 5
Guido Cavalcanti (1255-1300) Light do I see within my Ladys eyes
And loving spirits in its plenisphere
Which bear in strange delight on my hearts care
Till Joys awakened from that sepulchre.
That which befalls me in my Ladys presence
Bars explanation intellectual.
I seem to see a lady wonderful
Spring forth between her lips, one whom no sense
Can fully tell the mind of, and one whence

Science Fiction - fiction stories based on

scientific fact
Legend - stories based on fact, but with
exaggeration about the hero.
Historical Fiction - fiction stories set in the
past, containing some true facts.

Myth - ancient stories meant to explain

nature or life
Plays - stories in the form of dialogue,
meant to be performed on the stage or in
a movie
Realistic Fiction - stories whose
characters and events could occur in
real life

Short Stories - brief stories focusing on

one character and event
Tall Tales - humorous exaggeration stories
focusing on a mythical hero.
Biography - detailed accounts of someone's life
News - information about current events

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