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paladin![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. ![]() |
Both have the form of three lines of seventeen syllables.In the traditional Japanese haikus the first two lines are usually about something in nature.The last line is a thought provoked by the first two lines.Read some of my haikus and senyrus. paladin ....a knight without armor [This message has been edited by paladin (01-31-2003 11:37 AM).] |
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Mistletoe Angel![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
![]() That's right, and a senryu is the exact same form, only it does not focus on nature but anything other than that, and typically poets also express a thought on the final line of five syllables in a senryu! ![]() You write such wonderful haikus and senryus, dearest friend, I will keep reading them! ![]() Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
And you do these so well Robert! ![]() |
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Local Parasite![]()
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
Haiku are meant to provoke thought by way of using an image, without giving any direct thoughts of its own... haiku are usually about nature, and always about "nature" in the sense of, the physical aspects. Haiku describes something, and it is that image that is meant to provoke a thought, or point towards some meaning. The meaning itself lies entirely in the image. I was talking about this with someone a while ago, who has done a lot of study in Japanese history, and he looked up "Senryu" in a japanese dictionary he had... the definition was "a comic Haiku." For our purposes, though, a senryu is something that uses 5-7-5 as a format, without the haiku requirement of being thought-provoking imagery. (edit: changed 7-5-7 to 5-7-5, which is what it is, but I typoed, pardon my error) "Faith" means the will to avoid knowing what is true. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche [This message has been edited by Local Parasite (02-01-2003 01:38 AM).] |
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Marshalzu![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
Now thats a coincidence, I had someone asking about that the other day ![]() |
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Kellie_Cantrell Senior Member
since 2002-05-22
Posts 1667New York |
heehee, I just learned something new... thanks. |
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Let's not forget - Haiku can also be truncated to 3-5-3... for a more terse verse... ![]() |
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garysgirl![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Now I'm really confused. I thought that both haiku and senryu were 5-7-5, for some reason. ![]() |
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