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Want to sound wise and solemn? Make people pay close attention to your words? Then put those words in haiku.
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Haiku is a very old form of poetry from Japan. It consists of three unrhymed lines. Traditionally, the first and last lines have five syllables each, and the middle line has seven syllables. Notice how many syllables are in each line of this haiku by the 17th-century Japanese poet Basho. (Often when haiku is translated, however, the number of syllables is changed.)
from all directionswinds bring petals of cherryinto the bird lake—Basho
Having few words and pausing at the end of each short line gives a special feeling to haiku. Even a simple statement sounds thoughtful—as though it has a deeper meaning. Check out the examples below. We’ve taken some dialogue from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and written it as if it were haiku.
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I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed—or worse, expelled. —Hermione Granger
I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory even stopper death —Professor Snape
Flint with the Quaffle— passes Spinnet— passes Bell— hit hard in the face —Lee Jordan, at Quidditch
how many times will we be able to witness a dragon hatching? —Ron Weasley
I can’t see you. Are you ghoulie or ghostie or wee student beastie? —Peeves the Ghost
Hagrid, we saved the Stone, it’s gone, he can’t use it. Have a Choc’late Frog —Harry Potter
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- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
