Tag: phrase and fragment

• An Introduction to Haiku – Compositional Techniques 2

  Sense Switching “Sense switching” is a great technique for surprising and delighting the reader. A haiku poet might use it to engage the reader by introducing something unexpected in the poem or to connect two seemingly unrelated events or images. You can do this through careful placement of information across the phrase and fragment. Here,…

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  August 26, 2013

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• An Introduction to Haiku – Compositional Techniques 1

  Haiku can be tough to write, but they’re worth the challenge, and there are a few techniques that can help during composition. Juxtaposition The first technique you can take advantage of—and if you’ve read haiku you’ll have seen it often—is the use of juxtaposition. Jane Reichhold’s “phrase & fragment” theory is one of the most…

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  August 26, 2013

  haiku, poetry

  An Introduction to Haiku, background, Basho, cutting word, David G. Lanoue, english language haiku, form, gendai?, haiku, Haiku Dreaming, haiku structure, Hakusen Watanabe, hokku, how to write haiku, issa, Jane Reichhold, John Bird, Juxtaposition, Kaneko Tota, Keiji Minato, kigo, kireji, Kobayashi Issa, Lucien Stryk, Makoto Ueda, phrase and fragment, Raizan, renga, RH Blythe, Sam Hamill, season word, senryu, Shiki, structure, syllables, Tominsh, why 5-7-5 doesn’t always work, Yosa Buson