The Cutting Word
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Splits the haiku into the two-part structure or the two juxtaposing images. In Japanese haiku the cutting word is a word In English haiku the cutting word is punctuation, line indentation, or nothing at all; the pivot word is a key word that splits the images --Bristow The Cutting Word and Pivot Word
Transcript of The Cutting Word
Splits the haiku into the two-part structure or the two juxtaposing images. In Japanese haiku the cutting word is a word In English haiku the cutting word is punctuation, line indentation, or nothing at all; the pivot word is a key word that splits the images
--Bristow
The Cutting Word and Pivot Word
