A haiku by Buson Sudden Shower does it follow the traditional syllable division for haiku?Butterfly sleeping- on the temple bell. Sudden shower -a flock of sparrows clinging to the grasses Before the white Chrysanthemums the scissors hesitate a moment.
I've never studied or taught Haiku, but this may be of some help:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/keirule.htm
Although Taniguchi Buson (Yosa) was a master of haiku, he also wrote longer poems, influenced both by Japanese and Chinese classics. Having studied and taught haiku in AP/IB Spanish classes, my students wrote some marvelous ones. The theme is usually about nature (the seasons)and the poem consists of 3 metrical lphrases with 5, 7, 5 "beats." Because Buson was a painter in addition to a poet, his haiku "paint" a mental image.
The website Writeacher is one of the best, explaining the difference between Japanese and English haiku.
Sra
P.S. The best way for me to explain "haiku" is with an example by the great master, Matsuo Basho:
tabi ni yande (5)
yume wa kareno o (7)
kakemeguru (5)
Now look at the translation in English. It can not follow the same meter:
Sick on a journey (5)
dreams roam about (4)
on a withered moon (5)
Hopefully you will get to read haiku in Japanese!
Sra
To determine if a haiku follows the traditional syllable division, we need to count the syllables in each line. In English-language haiku, the traditional syllable structure is often 5-7-5.
Let's analyze the syllable count for each line of the haiku by Buson:
1st Haiku: "Butterfly sleeping - on the temple bell."
- The first line has five syllables.
- The second line has six syllables.
- The total count is 5-6, which does not adhere to the traditional 5-7-5 syllable structure.
2nd Haiku: "Sudden shower - a flock of sparrows clinging to the grasses."
- The first line has three syllables.
- The second line has twelve syllables.
- The total count is 3-12, which does not follow the traditional syllable structure either.
3rd Haiku: "Before the white Chrysanthemums the scissors hesitate a moment."
- The first line has seven syllables.
- The second line has eight syllables.
- The total count is 7-8, which again doesn't conform to the 5-7-5 syllable structure.
Based on this analysis, none of the haiku by Buson follow the traditional syllable division of a 5-7-5 haiku. It's important to note that while the 5-7-5 syllable structure is widely known, it isn't universally required or adhered to in modern haiku writing.