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In America at least, Haiku are commonly taught to students as poems having 5, 7, then 5 syllables, when in actuality, they have a structure of 5, 7, then 5 on. The NaHaiWriMo site explains what an ...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:07:38Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T08:07:38Z (over 4 years ago)
In America at least, Haiku are commonly taught to students as poems having 5, 7, then 5 _syllables_, when in actuality, they have a structure of 5, 7, then 5 [_on_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_(Japanese_prosody)). The NaHaiWriMo site explains what an _on_ is, but I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around it. I thought I could look for a tool online to determine the number of _on_ in a given input, much like [this syllable counter](http://syllablecounter.net/count); however, I'm having further trouble, since "on" is a common word in the English language. Does such a tool exist? Or would it even be possible to create a tool to consistently determine the number of _on_ in a language other than Japanese?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-02-22T17:31:02Z (about 6 years ago)
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