Look up: Haiku


  1. Haiku
    Miniature Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables - five syllables in first line, seven in second and five in the last. No rhyme or meter scheme is employed when writing haiku. The aim of the haiku is to create something greater than the sum of the parts e.g.ReflectionsToday your surface
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  2. haiku
    [n] - an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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  3. haiku
    17-syllable Japanese verse genre, usually divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Japanese poet Basho popularized the form in the 17th century. It evolved from the....
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  4. Haiku
    Japanese form. The poem has three lines and 17 syllables in total in the pattern 5, 7, 5: Loving, faithful, fun Trusting and loyal and true Chocolate-brown Suki
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  5. haiku
    noun an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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  6. haiku
    unrhymed Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The term haiku is derived ... [13 related articles]
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  7. Haiku
    [disambiguation] Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. Haiku may also refer to: ...
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  8. Haiku
    [operating system] Haiku is a free and open source operating system compatible with BeOS. Its development began in 2001, and the operating system became self-hosting in 2008, with the first alpha release in September 2009, the second in May 2010 and the third in June 2011. Haiku is supported...
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  9. Haiku
    Modern Japanese gendai (現代) haiku are increasingly unlikely to follow the tradition of 17 on or to take nature as their subject, but the use of juxtaposition continues to be honoured in both traditional haiku and gendai. There is a common, although relatively recent, perception that the images ...
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  10. haiku
    Japanese poem of three unrhyming lines in 5, 7, and 5 syllables. For example, windshield wipers swish and Monday fm blues say melancholy grace (I.L.)
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  11. haiku
    haiku (hī'kOO) , an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-sounds). The term is also used for foreign adaptations of the haiku, notably the poems of the imagists. ...
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  12. haiku
    17-syllable Japanese verse genre, usually divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Japanese poet Basho popularized the form in the 17th century. It evolved from the 31-syllable tanka form dominant from the 8th century
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  13. haiku
    1) 17-syllable creation 2) 17-syllable poem 3) 17-syllable verse 4) An epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines 5) Eastern verse 6) It traditionally captures the essence of the moment 7) Japanese verse 8) Matsuo basho work 9)
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