Indecisive Haiku

[Tyloric]

I shall try haiku:
But what shall I write about?
Never mind, I'm done.​

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by Tyloric​

 

[Arseface]

In trying
Real Haiku
Difficulty

Think I did that right.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

In poems, one crucial parameter
Is use of iambic pentameter
This term's poorly known
But research has shown
That my wang has a hefty diameter

 

[Tyloric]

In trying
Real Haiku
Difficulty

Think I did that right.

Nope.

5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

In poems, one crucial parameter
Is use of iambic pentameter
This term's poorly known
But research has shown
That my wang has a hefty diameter

That's not a haiku either.

 

[Arseface]

Nope.

5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

It's actually mora, not syllable. Mora are kinda like short syllables, and I think the breakdown is:

I n t ry ing
A re a l Ha i ku
Di ffi cu l ty

Turns out I counted wrong, but you get the picture.

EDIT: Fixed it.

 

[Tyloric]

It's actually mora, not syllable. Mora are kinda like short syllables, and I think the breakdown is:

I n t ry ing
A re a l Ha i ku
Di ffi cu l ty

Turns out I counted wrong, but you get the picture.

EDIT: Fixed it.

Mora doesn't mean what you think it means.
"Mora (plural moras or morae) is a unit of sound used in phonology that determines syllable weight (which in turn determines stress or timing) in some languages."

Butchering words to fit the format is not a haiku. 5,7,5 syllables.

You don't want to fight me on this.

 

[Arseface]

Mora doesn't mean what you think it means.
"Mora (plural moras or morae) is a unit of sound used in phonology that determines syllable weight (which in turn determines stress or timing) in some languages."

Butchering words to fit the format is not a haiku. 5,7,5 syllables.

You don't want to fight me on this.

Challenge accepted!

Haiku (俳句 haikai verse?) listen (help·info), plural haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.[1] Although haiku are often stated to have 17 syllables,[2] this is inaccurate as syllables and moras are not the same.

Although the word "on" is often translated as "syllable", in fact one on is counted for a short syllable, an additional one for an elongated vowel, diphthong, or doubled consonant, and one more for an "n" at the end of a syllable. Thus, the word "haibun", though counted as two syllables in English, is counted as four on in Japanese (ha-i-bu-n)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#Syllables_or_.22on.22_in_haiku

A syllable containing one mora is said to be monomoraic; one with two moras is called bimoraic; some with three, rarer, are trimoraic.

Traditional Haikus count mora, not syllables, Syllables can have more than one mora.

 

[Tyloric]

Challenge accepted!





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#Syllables_or_.22on.22_in_haiku



Traditional Haikus count mora, not syllables, Syllables can have more than one mora.

I concede.

 

[Sephiroxas]

In poems, one crucial parameter
Is use of iambic pentameter
This term's poorly known
But research has shown
That my wang has a hefty diameter

Still the best poem ever.