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A '''haiku''' is a traditional [[Japanese]] short [[poem]] written in a 5 7 5 syllabic structure and usually broken up into two or three lines. The themes of a haiku often revolve around nature and seasons. To be a proper haiku, it must coform to a certain form:
A haiku is a traditional [[Japanese]] short [[poem]] written in a 5 7 5 syllabic structure and usually broken up into two or three lines. The themes of a haiku often revolve around nature and seasons. To be a proper haiku, it must coform to a certain form:
===Sylabic structure===
===Sylabic structure===
In Japanese, the haiku must have a structure seventeen ''onji'' (Japanese sound symbols) in the order of 5 7 5 syllables. Within [[English]], this isn't necessary because the way English words are formed makes it awkward to fit to this strict definition (there are many one syllable words in English with complex meanings - spring for example) - it just needs to less than seventeen syllables.<ref>[http://www.hsa-haiku.org/HSA_Definitions_2004.html Official Definitions of Haiku and Related Terms] Haiku Society of America</ref> This restriction is removed for English because it would be possible to make a haiku entirely of seventeen one syllable words which would be too complex for the simplicity of a haiku.
In Japanese, the haiku must have a structure seventeen ''onji'' (Japanese sound symbols) in the order of 5 7 5 syllables. Within [[English]], this isn't necessary because the way English words are formed makes it awkward to fit to this strict definition (there are many one syllable words in English with complex meanings - spring for example) - it just needs to less than seventeen syllables.<ref>[http://www.hsa-haiku.org/HSA_Definitions_2004.html Official Definitions of Haiku and Related Terms] Haiku Society of America</ref> This restriction is removed for English because it would be possible to make a haiku entirely of seventeen one syllable words which would be too complex for the simplicity of a haiku.
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