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KATAUTA


What is a Katauta and how to write it?

Katauta, a Japanese poetic form that consists of 17 or 19 syllables arranged in three lines of either 5-7-5 or 5-7-7 syllables. The form was used for poems addressed to a lover, and a single katauta was considered incomplete or a half-poem. It is also called by the name Haiku(or senryu) for lovers. No rhyme is used here. A single katauta is considered incomplete or a half-poem, however, a pair of katautas using the syllable count of 5,7,7 is called a sedoka.


EXAMPLE OF KATAUTA:


Untitled Katauta

-Robert Lee Brewer

why do winter stars

shine brighter than summer stars

as if they are shards of glass?


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Tips to write Katauta:

  1. Follow the syllable pattern and keep the poem short because it's a three liner. 

  2. Give a catchy title unlike the one given in the example.

  3. Make it so romantic that your love falls for you even more deeply. 


Want to impress your love? Just try writing a Katauta, it does everything for you.

Keep penning!


-Hariesh

Team PoeTree FoRest




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