Part 1: HAIKU ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Haiku A
The path, hard and long
Brings dawn with passage of time
And then my heart sings.
-Unknown

Haiku B
I have kept still like
A stone, a tree, a dirt road
Quiet and heavy

Yet I am wishing
To gurgle and dance and oh,
To be a river.
- Claire Fox

Haiku C
An old silent pond,
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
- Matsuo Basho

Mull these haiku over in your mind, ponder over them, analyze them. From
your own perspective and analysis, what is the meaning of these haiku? What
is your own interpretation?
Output 1: For each of the three haiku, write a one-paragraph essay with a
minimum of eight sentences. What is your haiku analysis? (10 points each)

Part 2: MY OWN HAIKU

Now, you are ready to come up with your own haiku!
Write your own haiku carefully following the specifies guidelines and tips. Be
sure to reflect the 5-7-5 rule in your three lines! Be sure to give your poem a
title! (15 points)
For the last part of your assignment, read your haiku to one of your
classmates. Then, ask this classmate to give you his or her interpretation and
analysis of your haiku. Ask your classmate to write down his feedback to you.
And, it’s okay if its different from your original idea! (15 points)
Do follow this format:

A. My Own Haiku

B. Name of Classmate:

C. Classmate’s Interpretation and Analysis: (minimum of ten

sentences)