Poetry, Haiku

Recently grade five students studied about Haiku and reciting poems.

Haiku is a special kind of poem from Japan.

Generally and historically, a haiku poem is a japanese poetry form who consists of three lines, with the first and last line having 5 mora, and the middle line having 7. In actual english literature, it is also made of 5-7-5 syllabes. The difference between a mora and a syllabe is not very important since the moras do not translate well into English, they have been adapted and syllables are used as moras. Moras are sound units much like syllables but are not identical to them.

Haiku are often quite poems that make people think about the meaning of something.

Below is a Haiku by Magali, 5A.

Hello my old friend

It has been long since we met

Are you happier?