LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (JB TSL 3102)

HAIKU

GROUP MEMBERS:
AWATIF BINTI ABDUL AZIZ MOHD AFINIZAL BIN HASAN MOHD HAZWAN BIN HASHIM NUR AIMI BINTI REMLI RUZAIRI BIN RAZALI

LECTURERS NAME- NOR AZURAWATI BT AHMAD ZUHDI

What is Haiku?
A three lines poem with no more than 17 syllables. Expression of thought, feeling or mood, using nature. Consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) Example: the/ ca/the/dral/ bell (5) is/ sha/king/ a / few/ snow/flakes (7) from/ the/ mor/ning/ air (5)

Haiku-poems can describe almost anything Examples: The bride waits beneath The cherry trees wild blossom Before the serious church (Graham Piper) Another day over: Black fingers play saxophone, Brief cases march on (Unknown

ORIGINAL HAIKU
Accompanied with picture to help guide the reader At least one line must describe or convey a sense of season, or hours(day or night) Example: furuike ya old pond kawazu tobikomo jumps in the a frog

Matsuo Basho
Full name : Matsuo Kinsaku Born : 1644 near Ueno, Iga Province. Died : 28 NOV 1694 (aged 50) Pen name : Sobo, Tose, Basho Occupation : Poet Nationality : Japanese

Life Background
His father was a low ranking samurai but Basho works in the kitchen. A servant to Todo Yoshitada since he was child. They (Basho and Todo Yoshitada) produce hokku together. In 1672 during spring he move to Edo to further his study in

Poem (The old Pond)

Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya, Ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into) Mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)

Jack Keruoac
Full name : Jean Louis Kerouac Born : 12 March 1922 at Lowell, Massachusetts, US Died : 21 Oct 1969 at Florida, US aged 47. Occupation : Novelist, poet and painter. Nationality : American

Life Background
He covering topics such as Christianity, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty and travel. During his adulthood, when his football career at Columbia soured, he dropped out of the university. He continued his life with his girlfriend for a period. Kerouac joined theUnited State Merchant Marinein 1942, and in 1943 joined theUnited States Navy, but he only served eight days of active duty before arriving on the sick list.

Poem (from Book of Haikus)

Birds singing in the dark - rainy dawn

SIMILARITIES Use element of nature as a subject in their art. DIFFERENCES The Old Pond In Japanese 17 syllables Haiku In English 9 syllables

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