Q 01/05
A) 5-7-5
B) 7-5-7
C) 5-5-7
D) 3-5-3
Answer · why
The 17 sound units are called on, and even classical masters such as Bashō sometimes broke the pattern.
Q 02/05
A) 17
B) 19
C) 21
D) 23
Answer · why
The Haiku Society of America reckons that about 12 English syllables approximate the duration of 17 Japanese on.
Q 03/05
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer · why
It is counted ha-i-bu-n, because the elongated vowel and the final n each take a unit of their own.
Q 04/05
A) A closing rhyme
B) A title line
C) A season word
D) A cutting word
Answer · why
Common examples are plum blossoms for spring, cicadas for summer and autumn wind for fall.
Q 05/05
A) A poem monument
B) A cutting word
C) A season word
D) A pen name
Answer · why
It plays a role like a caesura in Western verse or the volta in a sonnet, and English poets often substitute a dash.
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