Seventeen
No. It doesn't have seventeen syllables.
haiku
There are three syllables in the word seventeen. You can tell by the way you say it... SE - VEN - TEEN 1 2 3
Three lines, seventeen syllables. 5-7-5
"Seventeen Syllables in a Haiku Poem". 17 = Syllables in a Haiku Poem
Haiku
Seventeen Syllables by Hisaye Yamamoto is about Japanese immigrants and the difficult time they had when coming to the United States. It is also about the clash of cultural differences.
A traditional haiku consists of 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. So, a haiku typically has 17 syllables in total.
The longest word in the English language, "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," has 12 syllables.
Seventeen
Seventeen