How You Learned Haikus Wrong

English speakers probably learned that haiku are three line poems with the first line having 5 syllables, the second line having 7, and the third having 5 again. Well, that’s not how they teach it in Japan. And I think it’s got it fundamentally wrong. Let me explain! --- Follow me on instagram and twitter: @kent_morita --- Featured Artist: Takahiro Dunn Insta: @hiroikojima Twitter: @the_std Instagram: @the_std --- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:18 What's a Syllable Anyway? 0:52 Syllables vs Mora 1:42 The "Rhythm" of Haiku 2:56 Haiku Rhythm Demo 3:23 An English Mistake 4:44 English Rhythm (Content vs Function Words) 6:31 Better Haiku Rules 7:27 What is a Haiku, Really? 8:44 Summing It All Up 9:47 Artist Feature! 10:54 Thank you! --- Sources: https://www.karger.com/Article/PDF/28486 https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/99yvbs/stress_timed_language/ https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/ptsspch.htm#:~:text=Content%20words%20are%20words%20that%20have%20meaning.&text=Therefore%2C%20we%20refer%20to%20content,the%20content%20words%20may%20fit. http://www.worldhaiku.net/archive/metrics.pdf https://www-jstor-org.alumniproxy.library.nyu.edu/stable/41475385?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Japanese&searchText=Mora-Timing&searchText=A&searchText=Review&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DJapanese%2BMora-Timing%253A%2BA%2BReview&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187%2Ftest&refreqid=search%3Aff504a41142321153d0fb22be302c500&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_(Japanese_prosody) --- #learn #Japanese #English #Haiku