Sunday, December 21, 2008

Creating Haikus

We have been studying various forms of poetry including haikus. The haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that was usually written about nature. It is comprised of three lines and has a specific number of syllables in each line. Line one contains five syllables, line two contains seven syllables, and line three contains five syllables. Some examples follow:

young shiny green frog
leaping from its lily pad
into the cool pond

snowflakes falling down
cold droplets stinging my skin
first snow of season

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