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As emblems they only express the joy of living union, and the hope that the newly married couple may pass through life together as a pair of butterflies flit lightly through some pleasant garden,-- now hovering upward, now downward, but never widely separating II A small selection of hokku (1) on butterflies will help to illustrate Japanese interest in the aesthetic side of the subject.

—Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

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noun A haiku.

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Haiku is a popular form of unrhymed Japanese poetry, which evolved in the seventeenth century from the hokku, or opening verse of a renku. — LearnHub Activities
The poem was composed by a poet who wrote many delightful hokku (seventeen-syllable poems), showing a humorous sympathy with the humblest creatures. — The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People
As emblems they only express the joy of living union, and the hope that the newly married couple may pass through life together as a pair of butterflies flit lightly through some pleasant garden,-- now hovering upward, now downward, but never widely separating II A small selection of hokku (1) on butterflies will help to illustrate Japanese interest in the aesthetic side of the subject. — Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
He reformed the hokku, by introducing into everything he wrote a deep spiritual significance underlying the words. — Japanese Prints
It must always be understood that there is an implied continuation to every Japanese hokku. — Japanese Prints