Haiku

What is a Haiku?

• a poem of seventeen syllables and three lines

• a long korean poem

• a short Javanese poem

• a poem of eighteen syllables and three lines

Haiku is Chinese poetry.

• True

• False

The first line of Haiku consists of seven syllables.

• True

• False

Haiku is a nineteen-syllable verse form.

• True

• False

Haiku is generally translated as ____ _____

A beautiful day

Always drives the pain away

That’s all I will say

Is this a Haiku poem?

• Yes

• No

Moon and the stars wonder

where have all the people gone

alone in hiding

Is this a correct Haiku?

• Yes

• No

What is the most common subject of Haikus?

• Buddhism

• Vicissitudes of Life

• Nature

• Food

How many syllables are in a Haiku, and how are they divided?

• 17; 5, 7, 5

• 12; 5, 7

• 15; 5, 5, 5

• 17; 7, 5, 5

How many syllables does the second line of a Haiku poem have?

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 9