poor example of Haiku?

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poor example of Haiku?

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Ref: http://www.eliteskills.com/poetry/Haiku.php Given the prescribed structure ... * 3 Lines * Lines 1,2,3 have 5,7,5 syllables respectively. * Unrhymed ... the example provided is AWFUL. a) It has four lines b) Line 1 - 3 syllables Line 2 - 4 syllables Line 3 - 5 syllables Line 4 - 2 syllables c) A total of 14 syllables (not 17 as described above)!

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It was an unfortunate example to cite; but it was not a poor example of Haiku. Basho composed haiku in Japanese, and the syllables (onji) fit the form in that language; but do not in English.

| Posted on 2012-07-22 00:00:00 | by latentlylyrical | [ Reply to This ]

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