07-20-2013, 07:20 AM
he doesn't mention metaphor.
your paraphrasing is actually not even that, it's made up jibberish.
this is what he says in your post.
to paraphrase.
a haiku and a senryu can be either depending on it's content,
but only if they respectively fill the criteria of both. he doesn't mention metaphor or simile or any of the other shit your spouting. usually if it has a metaphor etc it's deemed a senryu.
your paraphrasing is actually not even that, it's made up jibberish.
this is what he says in your post.
Quote:I just read Jim Mullins' post to the Shiki list asking about senryu and
thought I'd reply. Regarding haiku vs. senryu -- that's an old yet ongoing debate.
The best explanation of the grey areas is this, I think. Both haiku and
senryu can be funny, but if it's funny, it's probably senryu. Both haiku and
senryu can be about nature, but if it's about nature, it's probably a haiku.
Here's another way to distinguish them. Both haiku and senryu can be about
nature or human nature. Both haiku and senryu can be serious or
humourous/satirical. A serious poem about nature is certainly haiku. And a
funny/satirical poem about human nature is certainly senryu. It's the *other*
combinations that fall into the grey area and cause confusion. For example,
both a serious poem about human nature and a funny poem about nature may seem
to be either haiku or senryu. The point is, apart from the two types of poems
where it is *clear* whether they are haiku or senryu, the distinctions don't
really accomplish much.
to paraphrase.
a haiku and a senryu can be either depending on it's content,
but only if they respectively fill the criteria of both. he doesn't mention metaphor or simile or any of the other shit your spouting. usually if it has a metaphor etc it's deemed a senryu.