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This is my favourite hackernews comment for ages. I think though that it would be more accurate to say that there are now two haiku formats - the Japanese one,
by spindle 5y ago
This is my favourite hackernews comment for ages.
I think though that it would be more accurate to say that there are now two haiku formats - the Japanese one, and the English one which was originally a misunderstanding of the Japanese one but which now has a life of its own, for better or for worse.
- moron4hire 5y agoI get it, but the "English version" you speak of is so often just one thought in seventeen syllables split into three lines at otherwise arbitrary points. There's no meaningful construction beyond fitting the thought into 17 syllables. If one is going to do the 5/7/5 style, make them actual phrases, rather than disjoint groups of words that only make sense in the whole.
- spindle 5y agoIn my experience, that's right, the English version usually sucks. :-(