What’s so special about the syllable number in haiku lines? Who and why decided on the standard?

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What’s so special about the syllable number in haiku lines? Who and why decided on the standard?

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What is so special

About the syllable count

In haiku poems

It was right there!

Poetry is fun. There aren’t many rules for many types of poems and some are more strict. It’s just a standard. What’s up with the number of lines in a limerick? Anyway, you can make a poem that is like a haiku with say 5-8-5 but it wouldn’t be a haiku, strictly speaking.

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