Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Further Dissection of Haiku

Crossing the football field

Denotative: football, games, fields, players, lines, goals, yards, grass, paint, mud, shoe print,
Connotative: playfulness, devotion, structure, victory, happiness, fun, competition, defeat, youth, motion,

Coming home from work –

Denotative: house, building, walking, job, suit, office, coffee, skyscraper, chair, computer,
Connotative: warmth, affection, family, love, relaxation, prison, exhaustion, hate, transition, change,

The lonely businessman.


Denotative: hat, trench coat, suitcase, suit, slave, papers, chains, shoes, pants, man, human
Connotative: loneliness, alienation, attention, sadness, depression, serious, solemn, neat, efficient, repetitive,

1 comment:

jamie said...

Words with potential for further exploration as shapes:

field, lines, structure (your missing the "walking" idea in line 1)

home, warmth, affection, exhaustion, transition

hat, suitcase, suit, chains (maybe?), alienation, solemn