Haiku Poems
Haiku Haiku poems are Japanese and contain only 3 lines. The poems are used to paint a picture in the readers mind. Each line has a certain number of syllables.
What are Syllables Syllables are units of sound. Syllables usually contain a vowel and accompanying consonants. Sometimes syllables are referred to as the 'beats' of spoken language. Example: free (1 syllable) eating (2 syllables….eat/ing) worrying (3 syllables…wor/ry/ing)
Lets Try It How many syllables are in you partners name? How many syllables are in the following words? Syllable Information Poetry Rhythm
Haiku The first line of every haiku has 5 syllables The second contains 7 syllables. The final line contains 5 syllables. This forms a 5,7,5 pattern. Haikus are usually about nature.
Summer’s gone 5 7 5 The leaves fell slowly To the unforgiving ground Too soon – summer’s gone! Too/soon/sum/mer’s/gone! 5 7 5
Green and speckled legs Hops on logs and lily-pads Splash in cool water
In a pouch I grow On a southern continent Strange creatures I know.
Limericks A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem In five-line or meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA). The form can be found in England in the early years of the 18th century It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. A limerick is usually used in English folk poetry
Rhyme Scheme- AABBA A flea and a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee." "Let us fly," said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flu
LIMERICK The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean - And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
Limerick There was a Young Lady of Portugal, Whose ideas were excessively nautical* She climbed up a tree, To examine the sea, But declared she would never leave Portugal. * excessively nautical – very sensitive
There once was a pauper* named_______ The Rhythm is just as important in a limerick as the rhyme. Try completing the limerick. There once was a pauper* named_______ Who accidentally broke her _______. She slipped on the ______. Not once, but thrice Take no pity* on her, __________. *pauper – very poor person *pity – to feel sorry
Examples. DO NOT COPY Haiku 1. Pink cherry blossoms Cast shimmering reflections On seas of Japan . 2. Green and speckled legs, Hop on logs and lily pads Splash in cool water. Limerick The Man From Aruba There once was a man from Aruba, Whose favorite hobby was scuba. Every day he would wish, He could spear a big fish. But settled instead for canned tuna.
NOW MAKE YOUR OWN! Pick an animal. Write a haiku about the animal you picked. Pick a season (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring) Write a Haiku about the season you picked.