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Elegy vs Haiku - What's the difference?

elegy | haiku |

As nouns the difference between elegy and haiku

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while haiku is .

elegy

English

(wikipedia elegy)

Noun

(elegies)
  • A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    • Synonyms

    * dirge, threnody

    Coordinate terms

    * requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

    Derived terms

    * elegiac

    See also

    * eulogy – similar sounding funeral word

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    haiku

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
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  • A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
    • Haiku, a poem
    five beats, then seven, then five
    ends as it began.
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * (l) (rare) * (l)

    Synonyms

    * hokku

    See also

    * A is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku. ----