St. Robert Catholic High School 10 Academic Haiku Poetry Station
Origin of Haiku Poetry It is of Japanese origin. A Haiku is short poem of a keenly observed moment that pertains to nature or human nature. Information taken from:
Characteristics of Haiku Poetry Characteristics: Observing nature. Structure: * 3 Lines * Lines 1,2,3 have 5,7,5 syllables respectively * Unrhymed Information taken from:
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. 1.Read the poem and determine if it is discussing physical nature or human nature. 2.Does it fit perfectly, the structure of a haiku? 3.This poem was written by Langston Hughes. Notice that I didn’t give you the title. I want you to determine what the poem is about. Then flip the card over to see if you were close.
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