Haiku

The Japanese language originated in Japan around 400 CE, but it was a combination of several things from outside sources. The ancient Emishi (Jomon) people, who were thought to have spoken an Austric language, made a contribution; the Ainu were Uralics who joined the Emishi.

The Kumaso and the Hayato of ancient Kyushu were a combination of Emishi and Polynesians (from Guam and Luzon, but the Hayato were from the Ryukyus), and gave Japanese its Polynesian look.

From Shandong and Jiangsu, the Altaic Jiuli people (Dongyi) moved to Kyushu and started the Japanese Imperial House (Himiko said she was descended from Duke Tai of Zhou). Some of the people of the Korean kingdoms of Gaya and Paekche (the Kofun culture) invaded Japan.

Some say Japanese is closest to the extinct Altaic language of Buyeo, which was spoken in northern Korea. All in all, Japanese can be described as a mixture of Old Korean, Polynesian, and Austric Emishi.
The Japanese did.
No one 'invents' languages--not ones that an entire country uses, at least. No one can say exactly when the spoken language of Japanese first came to be, of course, but the earliest written Japanese text is dated at about the early 8th century.
In Japan of course. But Chinese widely influences it from hundreds of years ago. And now English plays a big part in the vocabulary. But (arguably) it started (originated) from Japan.
Nobody made the Japanese language. It evolved naturally from earlier ancestral languages.

A haiku is a Japanese poem!

• One of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
• There has been confusion between the three related terms Haiku, Hokku and Haikai, since early days.
• Hokku literally means "starting verse", and was the first starting link of a much longer chain of verses known as haika.
• Because the hokku set the tone for the rest of the poetic chain, it enjoyed a privileged position in haikaipoetry, and it was not uncommon for a poet to compose a hokku by itself without following up with the rest of the chain.

The creation of the term haiku came about largely through the efforts of Masaoka Shiki, who began a reform of this style of poetry in 1892 after which it became established as a new form to be written, read and understood as an independent poem, complete in itself, rather than part of a longer chain.

In the perspective of the history of haikai the famous verses of such Edo-period (1600-1868) masters as Basho,Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa are properly referred to as hokku even though they are now generally read as independent haiku.

The terms Classical Haiku and Modern Haiku are used to distinguish between hokku and haiku.

Shiki's reform did not change two traditional elements of haiku:

• the division of 17 syllables into three groups of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
• the inclusion of a seasonal theme.

Shiki's reform was carried further with two proposals by Kawahigashi Hekigoto:

• Haiku would be truer to reality if there were no center of interest in it.
• The importance of the poet's first impression, just as it was, of subjects taken from daily life, and of local colour to create freshness.

Example:

Haikus are like this:

five, seven, five syllables

nature images
first line 5 syllables

second line 7 syllables

third line 5 syllables

A Haiku is an unrhyming verse form, conveying a complete image or feeling in three lines of syllables, and are usually about nature or natural things.

You can really make these poems about anything that you like. The Japanese most of the time make them about seasons of the year.

A Haiku poem is a Japanese poetry form with the first line with 5 syllables and the second with 7 syllables and the third with 5 syllables.

There are many themes, but one common theme is that God created the world and continues to be involved in the world after creation and throughout history (as evidenced by God's taking the Jewish people out of Egyptian bondage). The whole Torah is very much focused on the description of how the Jewish people came about and were chosen to bring God's message to the world by keeping His commandments and statutes. Furthermore, the ideal place in which this message can be carried forth is in the Land of Israel.

Answer 2

From my perspective, the most common theme in the Torah is that no matter how many times a person makes a mistake, they can always work to correct their mistakes and become a better person and therefore closer to God.

Answer 3

The theme of the Torah is the relationship between God and those who chose to serve Him.

• How accurate is the Torah-tradition?

First line, five syllables

Second, 7 syllables

Third, Five syllables

An example-

Haikus are easy

but sometimes they don't make sense

refridgerator

Or a less silly one-

A Haiku

It is Christmas day

Let us sing and praise the Lord

Jesus Christ is born!

another haiku

it is the 4th of july

let us dance and party

we have american rights

by;lolipopmaster

You use 5-7-5 syllables. here is a 5 syllable (get-ting bet-er dave?) that's an example of a five syllable sentence, but don't do sentences on it do it like these examples that I made for you guys.

eg. Haiku Seasons

In Summer Breezes

Be There Youthful Memories

Now Growing Older.

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In Autumn Leavings

Be There Faithful Colourings

Now Growing Fewer

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In Winter Freezes

Be There Painful Legacies

Now Growing Colder

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In Springtime Glories

Be There Joyful Romances

Now Growing Sweeter

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Through Haiku Seasons

Be There Fruitful Evergreens

Now Growing Wiser

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[Author:Michael Coldham-Fussell]

eg. By: Ravonseed

Or a tor i cal

Per en ni al di lem ma

To com pose hai ku

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By a gol den hedge

A cat breaks cov er leaps high

Clap ping pige ons fly

Historically, a haiku is any stanza of a haikai-no-renga (often called renga - a linked poem with alternating stanzas usually played as a game and therefore composed by several writers). It has since evolved into it's own genre/style.

Typically, a haiku contains less than 17 syllables (according to Wikipedia, most modern English haiku contains between 10 and 14 syllables; according to Higginson, most haiku average 12 syllables).

A haiku can actually be between 1 and 5 lines, with no line or syllable pattern other than what the writer prefers to use (a haiku does utilize rhythmic units but this isn't always based on syllable count).

Traditional haiku is usually written as 1 line with several spaces between certain parts of the poems - those spaces are often translated into English as lines (especially in earlier poems; some modern haiku utilizes the 1-line scheme). For examples, refer to works by Ozaki Hosai, Yosa Buson, Matsuo Basho, and Nakatsuka Ippekiro.

There's not a huge focus on grammar in haiku - don't try to use complete sentences. The haiku may or may not be titled. It may or may not contain punctuation and capitalization.

A haiku doesn't use metaphor or simile. Many writers utilize comparison and contrast between two images that (often) seem to be unrelated at first glance.

There is no rhyming pattern to haiku; rhyme disrupts the imagery. And imagery is what haiku is all about.

Haiku relates an experience and/or describes an object/event - by describe, I mean that a haiku utilizes one (or more) of the five senses in relation to the object or event. It paints an image.

A haiku also doesn't reference emotions - emotion is what each individual reader brings to the haiku. This allows one haiku to have multiple meanings among a wide variety of readers.