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Haiku often have a total of 17 syllables and usually have three lines*:
Some Haiku:
| Haiku, a poem, Five, seven, five syllables. Life frozen in words. |
Line one sets the stage, Line two tells more about it. Line three is the heart. |
In ancient Japan, Matsuo Basho wrote Haiku. Timeless verse still lives. |
Haiku was developed in Japan over 400 years ago. It was popularized by the poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in the 1600s. Haiku is now popular worldwide.
| Old Pond by Matsuo Basho |
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Furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto. |
Old pond A frog leaps in The sound of water. |
* In Japan, a Haiku poem does not have to have exactly 17 syllables and it does not have to have exactly three lines with the 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
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