RE: I dreamt that when you die, you end up flying in darkness. But in the midst of it
June 11, 2021 at 8:25 pm
(June 11, 2021 at 8:13 pm)Jackalope Wrote:(June 11, 2021 at 8:12 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Some poets play with the structure. I have a book of haikus and many of them deviate from 5/7/5.
True, but isn't haiku always 17 or fewer syllables?
Hmmm. I don't know.
(after google)
So yeah. it appears that there is some kind of 17 syllable thing going on with haiku. I also learned that there is a structure called Senryū which is similar to haiku but "often cynical or darkly humorous." It also adheres to the 17 syllable thing but deviates from haiku structure in other ways.