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Haiku & Tanka

Haiku & Tanka. Poetry. Tanka & Haiku. Japanese poetry Tanka: Dates back to 8 th Century Haiku: Dates back to 13 th -14 th Century Demands compression of ideas and images into the space of a few words. Tanka. Means “short songs” It’s a lyric poem

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Haiku & Tanka

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  1. Haiku & Tanka Poetry

  2. Tanka & Haiku • Japanese poetry • Tanka: Dates back to 8th Century • Haiku: Dates back to 13th-14th Century • Demands compression of ideas and images into the space of a few words

  3. Tanka • Means “short songs” • It’s a lyric poem • Expresses a private emotion or thought, often on the theme of change, solitude, or love. • Traditional tanka consists of exactly 31 syllables divided among 5 lines • 5, 7, 5, 7, 7

  4. Haiku • Inspired by tanka • A brief, unrhymed, three line poem • 5, 7, 5 • What is NOT said is often as important as what IS said. • The best tanka and haiku use simple sensory images—tree branches, streams, an autumn breeze—to imply far more than they state directly.

  5. Assignment: • Compose 1 tanka about change or solitude. Include a colorful illustration. • Compose 2 haiku about a natural element like an autumn leaf, a tree in winter, a babbling creek, a frozen stream, a puffy cherry blossom, a wilting flower, a raindrop, a snowflake, etc. Include a colorful illustration to accompany EACH haiku.

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