Haiku¶
haiku · form · validated
Three lines of five, seven and five syllables.
Provenance¶
- Source: Matsuo Bashō (17th century); named as haiku by Masaoka Shiki (1892)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,syllables.heuristic - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Haiku (de), Haïku (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write three lines of five, seven and five syllables.
Examples¶
basho-frog-pond¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps into the pond
splash silence again
Source: Matsuo Bashō (1686), in English translation; the 5-7-5 measure is the form's
wrong-middle-line¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps in
splash silence again
Source: constructed counterexample
teich-und-frosch¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
ein alter Teich dort
ein Frosch springt in das Wasser
das Wasser klingt hell
Source: constructed example
jardin-et-silence¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
un vieux jardin dort
le silence tombe enfin
un chat noir traverse
Source: constructed example
deuxieme-ligne-trop-courte¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
un vieux jardin dort
le silence tombe
un chat noir traverse
Source: constructed counterexample