The Twelfth Reflection

For this possibly the last reflection I will be writing, it will be about the last class that Mrs.Fa had taught us more about the last type of poem which is called... Haiku! Haiku started in Japan and what is interesting about Haiku is, it is short but meaningful. It is short because a haiku is usually to capture a particular moment, emotion, or one's surrounding. It is special how one short haiku can tell much about a single moment. However, Haiku has a lot more types under it and that was exactly the part that made me feel as though I had been tricked. I thought there was only Haiku :(

There are four types of Haiku and all of them share one similarity. They are all unrhymed. 

The traditional Haiku has its own format. It must be written in a single stanza that consists of three lines and 17 syllables. 

The first line : 5 syllables

The second line :7 syllables

The third line: 5 syllables

There are also strictly a few themes that we could choose to write about in our Haiku such as nature, seasons, environment, people and emotions. 

The second type of Haiku is called Tanka. I must say that this is my most preferred type of Haiku because it allows me to write longer words, hehe. Tanka is also written in one stanza but consists of 5 lines and 31 syllables.

Line one : 5 syllables

Line two: 7 syllables

Line three: 5 syllables

Line four: 7 syllables

Line five: 7 syllables

The third type is called Septolet. Septolet must be written in two stanzas that consist of 7 lines with 14 syllables. It does not have any specific amount of syllables in each line but it is still tricky because of the syllable limit.

The last type of Haiku is called Lune. When I first encountered this word, it instantly reminded me of the moon. Lune is an English variation to the Japanese Haiku. It is written in a single stanza that consists of 3 lines and 13 syllables.