We started by reading haikus, hundreds of haikus, a deceptively simple masterpiece.

我们最开，数百首，一种看似简单的杰作。

And haiku are super short poems, 17 syllable.

是超短诗，有17个音节。

That's what an original haiku is.

这就是原创。

Your haikus had too many syllables.

你的有太多音节了。

Haiku are short poems that are based on syllables and do not rhyme.

是以音节为基础，不押韵的短诗。

I thought it was like a folk song, I thought it was like a haiku.

我认为它就像一首民，我认为它像一首。

And I would ask him, " Share with me your favorite haikus" .

我对他说，" 和我分享下你最喜欢的呗。"

Now, you have the structure for two kinds of poems created by using syllables, haiku and a cinquain.

现在，你知道了两种用音节创作诗的结构，和五行诗。

In today's Everyday Grammar, we will look at the cinquain and the haiku.

在今天的《每日语法》课程中，我们来看看五行诗和。

Dune, itself actually began as a haiku.

《沙丘》本身实际上最初是一首。

Can you distill your life down into a three-line haiku?

你能把你的生活提炼成三行吗？

What is that, some kind of Polish haiku?

什么玩意儿 波兰吗?

Not a haiku. --All you think about is food.

—不是。——你只想着食物。

And also, with haiku there is often a philosophical aspect.

而且，对于，通常有哲学的一面。

In fact, they've inspired me to write a haiku.

事实上，他们激发了我写的灵感。

So, the haiku comes from Japan originally.

所以，最初来自日本。

The story's headline and opening paragraph read like some oblique zen haiku; MYSTERY GIRL FOUND.

这个故事的标题和开头段落起来就像一些隐晦的禅宗；神秘女孩被发现。

Herbert felt that the haiku was the perfect form for expressing images of nature and setting a tone.

赫伯特认为是表达自然意象和设定基调的完美形式。

Tell me, does Dr. Thompson seem like a haiku guy to you, or maybe he'd prefer a good limerick?

告诉我，在你看来，汤普森博士是不是喜欢，或者他更喜欢打油诗？

In English, haiku can deal with nature, or they can be about anything, as long as the traditional structure is maintained.

在英语中，可以是关于自然的内容，也可以关于任何事物，只要保持传统的结构就可以。