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Jul. 14th, 2004 01:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyHaiku!
A lot of people on my friends list have been posting haikus that they have written. The only trouble is that those aren't haikus. Everybody's got the 5,7,5 thing down. What most people apparently never learned in elementary school is that, when writing a haiku, you must make sure that each line is its own complete thought.
Not a Haiku
The Bill of Rights says
"No laws about religion."
...Sanctity, you said?
Do you see the first line? "The Bill of Rights Says". That line cannot stand on its own. It's not a complete thought. This is not a haiku.
Now, this is only what I was taught. Other people have been taught differently. Google shows me this. You'll notice it says nothing about complete thoughts... but it says a lot about things which most people don't include. This site specifically says run-on sentences are a Bad Thing. Both sites make clear that the 5-7-5 thing isn't a great idea for the English language.
What to do, I'm so confused. New rule:
If it's not in Japanese, it's not a haiku.
Everything in Japanese is a haiku.
Because I said so.
And no, this isn't a haiku either.
Man, I am far too tired to be typing this. Night all. And Zarriq? Djusk' a!
A lot of people on my friends list have been posting haikus that they have written. The only trouble is that those aren't haikus. Everybody's got the 5,7,5 thing down. What most people apparently never learned in elementary school is that, when writing a haiku, you must make sure that each line is its own complete thought.
Not a Haiku
The Bill of Rights says
"No laws about religion."
...Sanctity, you said?
Do you see the first line? "The Bill of Rights Says". That line cannot stand on its own. It's not a complete thought. This is not a haiku.
Now, this is only what I was taught. Other people have been taught differently. Google shows me this. You'll notice it says nothing about complete thoughts... but it says a lot about things which most people don't include. This site specifically says run-on sentences are a Bad Thing. Both sites make clear that the 5-7-5 thing isn't a great idea for the English language.
What to do, I'm so confused. New rule:
If it's not in Japanese, it's not a haiku.
Everything in Japanese is a haiku.
Because I said so.
And no, this isn't a haiku either.
Man, I am far too tired to be typing this. Night all. And Zarriq? Djusk' a!
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