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Arts & Humanities: Poetry: “Question: Does a haiku have to a certain consistent stress scheme/pattern?” plus 5 more

Arts & Humanities: Poetry: “Question: Does a haiku have to a certain consistent stress scheme/pattern?” plus 5 more


Question: Does a haiku have to a certain consistent stress scheme/pattern?

Posted: 14 Aug 2016 04:40 PM PDT

Whether something is a haiku is more than just the pattern.

Basically you're demanding that everyone pretend that the bastardized American school child version of this form of poetry be accepted as the definition.

You can write this way but calling it a haiku makes you a bit of a jerk.

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Posted: 14 Aug 2016 02:43 PM PDT

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