Friday, October 06, 2006
Haiku Format and Why It's So Effective
The little haiku poem has remained relatively unchanged through the centuries. Why? Because haiku poets understand that the haiku format of 3 lines works! We now have 1 line haiku and 2 line haiku, but it's really the 3-line haiku format that makes a haiku poem zing!
For instance, take a look at this haiku poem by the author:
Hot afternoon --
the hippo slowly
submerges
Here we have a 3 line haiku. This is the traditional format used by the majority of haiku poets. But why is it so effective? Click here to read more!
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This is so true. Even in original Japanese haiku, which are often written as one line of Japanese characters, the three line format is internally preserved by the use of Japanese punctuation words (kereji) between the three haiku segments (the 5-7-5 sylable format).
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