Poem vs Haiku - What's the difference?
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A literary piece written in verse.
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A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
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A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
English plurals
As nouns the difference between poem and haiku
is that poem is a literary piece written in verse while haiku is a Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.poem
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Alternative forms
* (rare or archaic) * poeme (rare or archaic)Noun
(en noun)Sarah Glaz
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Derived terms
* echo poem * prose poem * shape poem * visual poemHolonyms
* poetryExternal links
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Noun
(en-noun)citation
- Haiku, a poem
- five beats, then seven, then five
- ends as it began.
