Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0527 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Haiku
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The idea
The glossary describes the Japanese haiku as a brief poem consisting of a single image, in three lines of five, seven and five syllables. Note that the count is syllabic, not metrical: haiku are measured by syllable number rather than by stress pattern.
In practice
Five, seven, five syllables.
Where people slip
Syllable count, not stress count.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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