HORRIBLE HALLOWEEN HAIKU
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HORRIBLE HALLOWEEN HAIKU
HORRIBLE HALLOWEEN HAIKU Les morts, les squelettes, les cimetières, les esprits, les sorcières, les malédictions, les potions, les citrouilles… Le département de langues modernes t’invite à laisser courir ton imagination sur le culte de la peur et du macabre en créant un poème ‘Haiku’, sans rime, de trois lignes seulement. Suivre la recette magique : 1e ligne : 5 syllabes 2e ligne : 7 syllabes 3e ligne : 5 syllabes Exemples : Bright orange devil Jack-o-lanterns darken dreams Ancient Halloween Prowling through the grass Black and quiet as the night Do not cross my path 12 prix à gagner! Trois prix pour chaque niveau d’élèves (4). Tu dois remettre ton poème au plus tard, le lundi 7 novembre 2011. Les professeurs et professeures du département voteraient pour les meilleurs la semaine après. Les gagnants et gagnantes auront une place « d’horreur » sur le site web du cégep: www.cegepsth.qc.ca/anglais-langue-seconde The venerable Japanese haiku is a three line, unrhymed poem composed of five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third. This, however, is only the skeleton of a haiku. Like a Zen meditation on life’s meaning, haiku should capture the essence of an idea by arousing a specific emotion and suggesting a spîritual insight into the natural world and the interaction of humans with the world – all in a highly concentrated poetic form. For this reason, there are no unnecessary words, no rhymes or similes; instead, there are vivid words, alliteration and an implicit pattern of tension and release created through the special function of each line. The five syllables of the first line forcefully present a concrete image, usually of the world of nature. Think first of an appropriate general or abstract noun, then think of a picture that illustrates it and introduce the poem’s topic by describing that picture in a few well-chosen words, usually nouns and adjectives. The seven syllables of the second line represent the interaction of humans with the natural world, and they should express movement by using active verbs to develop the first line’s image in order to create a tension between the passive and active sense, between the worlds of nature and society. The five syllables of the third line resolve this tension by revealing the meaning of the entire haiku.