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haiku

/ˈhaɪkuː/noun

उच्चारण हाइकू

हाइकु (जापानी कविता)

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nounhaiku or haikus
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    a Japanese poem with three lines and usually 17 syllables (5, 7 and 5)

    हाइकु (जापानी कविता)

    • She wrote a haiku about the monsoon.
    • The poet read out a haiku about the first rain of the season.
    • The class learned to write a haiku in three short lines.
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    • His haiku about a frog on a lotus leaf won a prize.
    • Counting syllables is the hard part of writing a haiku.
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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often (kinds of poem): a three-line Japanese poem of 17 syllables is a haiku; a 14-line poem a sonnet; a long poem about heroic deeds an epic; a poem of mourning an elegy; a poem addressed to a person or thing an ode; a funny five-line poem a limerick; a poem that tells a story a ballad.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (कविता के प्रकार): 17 syllables की तीन पंक्तियों वाली जापानी कविता haiku; 14 पंक्तियों की sonnet; वीरता के कार्यों पर लंबी कविता epic; शोक-कविता elegy; किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को संबोधित कविता ode; हास्यपूर्ण पाँच पंक्तियों की limerick; कहानी कहने वाली कविता ballad।

General knowledge

Matsuo Basho is the most famous haiku poet.

Matsuo Basho सबसे प्रसिद्ध haiku कवि हैं।