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Haiku is a very precise Japanese poetic form. It has 17 syllables in the metrical unit pattern of 5,7 and 5. As a Hakku it used to be the opening verse of a much longer poem and set the scene or theme of the main work. Now as a Haiku it is a stand alone form.

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