Senryū¶
senryu · form · validated
A haiku in form but human and satirical in subject, dispensing with the seasonal reference.
Provenance¶
- Source: Named for Karai Senryū, 18th-century Japan
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - 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
Prompt hint¶
Write five, seven and five syllables on human folly rather than on nature.
Examples¶
haiku-measure¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps into the pond
splash silence again
Source: constructed example; the measure is the haiku's, the subject is not
wrong-measure¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps in
splash
Source: constructed counterexample
niemand-sagt-ein-wort¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
das Wasser klingt hell
und niemand sagt ein Wort mehr
ein alter Teich dort
Source: constructed example
mesure-du-haiku¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
un chat noir traverse
le silence tombe enfin
un vieux jardin dort
Source: constructed example; the measure is the haiku's, the subject is not
mauvaise-mesure¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
un chat noir traverse
le silence tombe
un vieux
Source: constructed counterexample