Harry Potter Haiku
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Harry Potter Haiku
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Want to sound wise and solemn? Make people pay close attention to your words? Then put those words in haiku.
Haiku is a very old form of poetry from Japan. It consists of three unrhymed lines. Traditionally, the first and last lines have five syllables each, and the middle line has seven syllables. Notice how many syllables are in each line of this haiku by the 17th-century Japanese poet Basho. (Often when haiku is translated, however, the number of syllables is changed.)
Haiku is a very old form of poetry from Japan. It consists of three unrhymed lines. Traditionally, the first and last lines have five syllables each, and the middle line has seven syllables. Notice how many syllables are in each line of this haiku by the 17th-century Japanese poet Basho. (Often when haiku is translated, however, the number of syllables is changed.)
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winds bring petals of cherry
into the bird lake
—Basho
Having few words and pausing at the end of each short line gives a special feeling to haiku. Even a simple statement sounds thoughtful—as though it has a deeper meaning. Check out the examples below. We've taken some dialogue from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and written it as if it were haiku.
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| POETRY LINKS |
| Encyclopedia: Haiku National Poetry Month Poetry Glossary The Favorite Poem Project Love Poems on the Web U.S. Poets Laureate English Poets Laureate |
| HARRY LINKS |
| The Harry Haiku Archive Quiz on Books 1 and 2 Quiz on Book 3 Quiz on Book 4 Quizzes on Book 5 |
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