tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post5290390371692145066..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: I-Haiku by Lorin FordChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-55492142915829020022013-10-29T09:19:36.140-04:002013-10-29T09:19:36.140-04:00Lorin's effective use of diacope (the word &qu...Lorin's effective use of diacope (the word "I"), coupled with the rippling river image, stirs ripples on the lake of the reader's mind (Kenneth Rexroth's phrase) and sparks his/her reflection on the 'I' in relation to the passage of time (as indicated by the river image). Most importantly, this I-haiku (a phrase borrowed from Japanese I-novel) challenges the long-held conception of a haiku as an egoless poem. <br /><br />Note: "Diacope is a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words. It derives from a Greek word meaning 'cut in two'".Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com