The Haiku

Haiku Rap Off

What is a haiku?




*A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural 

world.

What is a syllable?



*A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound



HOW MANY SYLLABLES!!??...



ELEPHANT

EL-E-PHANT

EASTERN

EAST-ERN

ADMINISTRATION

AD-MIN-IST-RAT-ION

BELLY-BUTTON

BEL-LY- BUT-TON


HOW IS THE HAIKU SIMILAR TO EDO JAPAN?



HAIKUS EXAMPLES:













Waking up in Vegas


Couple has wild night.
He took her there; bet it all.
Don’t be a baby.

One of the Boys (2008)
Katy Perry


Tik Tok


The party won't stop
until the morning light or
Po-po shuts us down.

Animal (2010)
Ke$ha


Haiku in Popular Songs




WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT???!?! 


BECAUSE YOU WILL EACH NEED TO WRITE A HAIKU FROM YOUR FOCUS ON JAPAN'S NEXT PERIOD AFTER EDO JAPAN... MEIJI JAPAN. 

CREATE YOU OWN HAIKU ABOUT ANYTHING!

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