what is the definition of Haiku??

Answer 1

A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry in which 3 verses of poetry have a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern and the subject usually reflects an aspect of nature.

Answer 2

is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句, hokku?), the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. The traditional hokku consisted of a pattern of approximately 5, 7, and 5 on. The Japanese word on, meaning "sound", corresponds to a mora, a phonetic unit similar but not identical to the syllable of a language such as English. (The words onji, ("sound symbol") or moji (character symbol) are also sometimes used.) A haiku contains a special season word (the kigo) representative of the season in which the renga is set, or a reference to the natural world.

Hokku usually combine two (or rarely, three) different phrases, with a distinct grammatical break (kireji) usually at the end of either the first five or second seven morae. These elements of the older hokku are considered by many to be essential to haiku as well, although they are not always included by modern writers of Japanese "free-form haiku" and of non-Japanese haiku. Japanese haiku are typicaly written as a single line, while English language haiku are traditionally separated into three lines.
n Japanese, nouns do not have different singular and plural forms, so 'haiku' is usually used as both a singular and plural noun in English as well.

Senryu is a similar poetry form that emphasizes humor and human foibles instead of seasons, and which may not have kigo or kireji.

Answer 3

http://www.baetzler.de/poetry/lexa_haiku_def.html
this is a very detailed answer on ur question

My own quick definition might be [website marked below]

What is the proper form for haiku in English? Well, a simple definition might be a poem that captures a ‘moment in time’, usually involving nature, and as perceived or experienced by the poet. It is recorded in less than seventeen syllables, usually in three lines, and usually with the center line longer than the others, sometimes with a seasonal reference, or ‘kigo’. Although many times a 5-7-5 pattern is prescribed as a ‘firm’ rule in rudimentary definitions of haiku this is not supported by research, translation, or history, even in Japanese haiku. ---http://www.haikuhut.com/Haiku%20Definition.htm

Heres a site on how to write haikuhttp://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm
i suggest this, it has examples as well as tips and definitions

Answer 4

Haiku usually combine two (or rarely, three) different phrases, with a distinct grammatical break (kireji) usually at the end of either the first five or second seven morae. These elements of the older hokku are considered by many to be essential to haiku as well, although they are not always included by modern writers of Japanese "free-form haiku" and of non-Japanese haiku. Japanese haiku are typicaly written as a single line, while English language haiku are traditionally separated into three lines.

Answer 5

Haiku is a style of poetry of Japanese origin. It is traditionally three lines and seventeen syllables, with a pattern of 5-7-5 -- Five syllables for the first and third lines, and seven for the second.

Answer 6

a poem with 3 lines
the first has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, the 3rd has 5.
as in:
Any idiot
can write haiku, just stop at
the seventeenth syll-

Answer 7

it only refers to the mode of japanese poetry, not the style of Haiku such as Hokku or renga. these are the 5-7-5 patterns and multi-stanzas.

Answer 8

Japanese poem with 3 lines and 17 syllables.

1st line - 5 syll
2nd line - 7 syll
3rd line - 5 syll

example:
Haiku's are easy
You don't even have to rhyme
Watch the syllables.

Answer 9

A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.
A poem written in this form

Answer 10

3 line poem

1st - 5 sylables
2nd - 7 sylable
3rd - 5 sylables