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HAIKUH a i k u P o e t r y
(Poems in 17 syllables)
Haiku is poetry structured in the set form of 17 syllables, arranged in groups of 5,
7, and 5. It derives from the first line of the linked verse which alternately repeats a line
in groups of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and a line in groups of 7 and 7 syllables; in the Edo
Period (1603-1867), MATSUO Basho established its present form.
Examples of Haiku Poems:
The flowers outside
Hide under snow until spring
like shy teenage girls
The butterflies dance
Brilliant colors of rainbows
Rippling like water
Example of Haiku (My Own):
Now that I've lost you
What do I do when you're here
With you, without you
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TANKAA tanka is a form of 5 line Japanese verse, using 31 syllables. The tanka is
structured on the number of syllables in the verse using 5,7,5,7,7 syllables in the lines.
There is also an English form of tanka, derived from the Japanese structure. Syllabic
poetry isn't common in English, but is instead used as the rhythm structure for poetry.
Old folk songs in all languages often have common rhythmic meters, and it's likely that
they're derived from ancient verbal usage techniques. Poetry was also a common form
of rote learning, using rhythm and rhyme to enforce memory.
Tanka Example:
To live is to break
by
Ueda Miyoji
To live is to break
One's heart for the sake of love;
A couple of doves,
Beaks touching on their way,
Are stepping out in the sun.
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Example of Tanka (My Own):
Saying Goodbye
Carefully I walk
Trying so hard to be brave
They all see my fear
Dark glasses cover their eyes
As mine flow over with tears
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EPITAPHEpitaph is a short inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone or monument. It is
a statement or speech commemorating someone who has died: a funeral oration.
Example Epitaph:
. Yet in this hearts most sacred place, thou, alone, shall dwell forever. (Moore)
Example of Epitaph (My own):
No pain, no grief, no anxious fear can reach our darling here. They are gone from
our home, but not from our heart.
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TERZA RIMATerza rima is a type of poetry consisting of 10 or 11 syllable lines arranged in three-line
"tercets". The Italian poet Dante is credited with inventing terza rima and it has been
used by many English poets including Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, Percy Bysshe
Shelley and Auden.
Example of Terza Rima - Excerpt
Ode to the West Wind
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou,
Who chariotest to their dark wintery bed
The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Each like a corpse within its grave, until
Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow
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Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill
(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)
With living hues and odours plain and hill:
Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear!
Example of Terza Rima (My Own):
Acquainted With the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rainand back in rain.
I have out walked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night
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OTTAVA RIMAThe ottava rima is an Italian poetic form consisting of eight iambic lines with the
rhyme scheme abababcc. The Italian poets used female rhymes for all three rhymes.
The ottava rima was the standard form used in Italian epics, and has been called the
principal Italian Stanza.
Examples of the Ottava Rima
Lord Byron
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one;
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,
Ill therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan
We all have seen him, in the pantomime,
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time.
- Don Juan, Canto the First, Stanza I
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Example of Ottava Rima (My own):
He is There
When sorrow lies entrenched within your heart
And doubts, like ocean waves, around you churn,
When chaos reigns oer life and wont depart
And for the peace of yesterday you yearn,
When evil thoughts are tearing you apart
And there is nowhere left for you to turn,
When dark of night persists throughout your day,
Its time to fall upon your knees and pray.
For God is there, Hes always by your side,
He is your lifes companion and your friend,
Hes with you through each bitter storm you ride,
From morns first light to sunset at days end.
You must give up your bitterness and pride
And to your Lord extend your hand again.
He only wants for you to ask Him in
And you will be forgiven for your sin.
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CINQUAINA cinquain is a five line poem.
Line 1:one word
(subject or noun)
Line 2:two words
(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3:three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4: four words
(feelings or a complete sentence) that relates to line 1
Line 5:one word
(synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up)
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Example of Cinquain:
On The Street
By Paul McCann
Homeless
. Cold, painful, hard.
Life becomes a struggle.
A place without mercy or hope.
Unkind
Example of Cinquain (My Own):
The Tree
Tree
Sturdy, Tall
Climbing, swinging, playing
Fun among the branches
Maple