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Happy National Haiku Day


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7 minutes ago, Still Me said:

Haiku starts with five

then continues with seven

followed by five more 

 

 

 

 

now I’ve seen you fail

dishonor to your family

commit seppuku 

English is too terse

For bullshit archaic forms.

Make it shorter, bitch!

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Contrary to popular belief, haikus are dependent on morae, a more basic form of sound, not syllables. For example, Osaka has three syllables, but four morae, as the O is elongated. So in a haiku, Osaka would take up four sound slots.

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5 hours ago, bnmjy said:

Contrary to popular belief, haikus are dependent on morae, a more basic form of sound, not syllables. For example, Osaka has three syllables, but four morae, as the O is elongated. So in a haiku, Osaka would take up four sound slots.

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Yep! Though writing/translating haiku in English, it goes without saying our understanding of the rules is going to be limited/altered.

 

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