Haiku by Martina Calderon

Haiku definition

martinacalderon1 — 2025-03-12 07:24:12 UTC

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

https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

Haiku

martinacalderon1 — 2025-03-12 07:32:41 UTC

"The Old Pond" or "Furuike ya" in Japanese.

https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/frog-old-pond-haiku-matsuo-basho?utm_source

Matsuo Bashō

martinacalderon1 — 2025-03-12 07:48:21 UTC

1- Born in 1644 and die in 1666

2- Bashō's travel diaries, such as "Nozarashi Kikō" ("Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones") and "Oku no Hosomichi" ("The Narrow Road to the Interior"), are esteemed for blending prose and haiku, offering profound reflections on nature and human existence.

3-Throughout his life, Bashō adopted various pen names, including Sōbō (宗房) and Tōsē (桃青), before settling on Bashō (芭蕉), inspired by the banana tree planted outside his hut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D

Analysis

martinacalderon1 — 2025-03-12 07:51:21 UTC

five, seven and five syllables.
Most of the people, even Japanese, think the poem shows that Matsuo Basho actually experienced and moved to the scene. However, he didn’t see the scene even the frog. The haiku gathering was held at his hermitage Basho-an with a pond. Haiku poets decided a theme at a haiku gathering and it was “frog” at the day. So, Basho had to put the word into a poem.

https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/frog-old-pond-haiku-matsuo-basho

Cinquain

martinacalderon1 — 2025-03-12 08:00:36 UTC

Cinquains were the result of Japanese influence in American poetry. Adelaide Crapsey was a famous author developing these poems.
1. What is a cinquain?

five line poems, no rhyme

https://www.ward.edu.ar/+/noticias/dt/id/79/writing-cinquain-poems#:~:text=Aqu%C3%AD%20incluimos%20producciones%20con%20el,2%20adjetivos%20que%20lo%20describen.
3. What does it talk about? (Choose the correct answer):
a - Her grandmother
b- The passing of time
c- The surprise of a gift