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What is a haiku?
It's a Japanese poem With twelve syllables. Originally, These were meant to be funny. The name reflects that. At first, the word was Haikai no ku, defined as "a humorous verse". Both parts of that phrase Derive from Middle Chinese Where it's hard to trace. Now, the term haiku Came here in 1902; Use increased since then.
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