Structure, Metrical Requirement, Other Requirement, Simple

This has the same structure as a haiku, either three syllabic lines of 5-7-5 or 3-5-3. The difference is that while a haiku is about nature and natural metaphor, the senryu is about the doings of humans. Where haiku are serious, senryu are considered to be comic, satirical, or parody.

Japanese

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or

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3

3

• Caligula

Haiku, Light Verse, Tanka

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