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From: clipka
Date: 30 Jul 2010 06:41:50
Message: <4c52ac6e@news.povray.org>

Am 30.07.2010 12:36, schrieb Stephen:
> On 30/07/2010 11:18 AM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 30.07.2010 12:05, schrieb Stephen:
>>
>>> To maybe finish off, a haiku by Issa, suitable for Povers.
>>>
>>> O snail
>>> Climb Mount Fuji,
>>> But slowly, slowly!
>>
>> I guess it's a proper haiku in the original language...? From the little
>> I know about haikus, the translation doesn't qualify.
>
> Interesting, what makes you say that?
> I must admit to knowing it from J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey, not
> from a study of haiku.

AFAIK a haiku has three lines, each with a certain number of syllables 
(IIRC it is 5-7-5).

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