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noun. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five morae, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

noun. A verse form in another language modeled on the Japanese haiku, typically counting syllables instead of morae.

noun. A poem written in this form.

noun. A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

noun. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

noun. Plural form of haiku.

noun. an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

"For our purpose, the use of the term haiku will imply the three-line, five / seven / five syllabic pattern common to this form of Japanese poem."

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poem  verse form  

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English sonnet  Horatian ode  Italian sonnet  Petrarchan sonnet  Pindaric ode