Rules, Premise and Guides
(With a table of contents) -
Welcome to the Tale!
My new AAR
Japan in Heir to the Throne
Written in haiku
Using these settings:
Lucky States Historical
All others normal
New to EU3,
Not very good at haiku,
Apologies now.
If haikus you like,
Feel free to offer your own.
Some will get prizes
But don't be put off -
Poetry is not required!
Merely encouraged
The rules of haiku,
As per Wikipedia
Are given below:
The correct haiku:
Five, seven, five syllables
Spread over three lines.
Plus, if possible,
A kireji splits it up,
Two poems from one
Seasonal kijo:
This word evokes poem's soul
Spring, fall or summer
Don't worry too much;
For the sake of the story,
I break them sometimes.
The Contents Table,
With the rulers' reigns and dates,
Follows here below:
An Introduction/The Sun Rises on Japan/Thirteen Ninety-Nine
Here’s the First Chapter/Rykuyu's Mothers Weep Tears/Year Fourteen-oh-One
Chapter the Second/The Crane Takes its First Small Steps/To Fourteen-oh-Four
Here’s the Third Chapter/Strangling the Dragon’s Tail/To Fourteen-oh-Nine
Chapter Number Four/Watersnake Sleeps Peacefully/To Fourteen-Eighteen
A Short Interlude/And Window onto the World/The Map, As Requested
Chapter Number Five/The Sleeping Tiger Awakes/Fourteen-Twenty-Three
Chapter Number Six/Irritating Hornet Stings/Fourteen-Twenty-Nine
Chapter the Seventh/The Ram Takes Charge of His Flock/Fourteen-Thirty-One
Chapter Number Eight/The Caged Eagle's Frustration/Fourteen-Thirty-Nine
Chapter Number Nine/Singed by the Dragon’s Fire/Fourteen-Forty-Five
Chapter Number Ten/The Turtle Withdraws its Head/Fourteen-Fifty-One
Eleventh Chapter/The Cat Sits Licking its Wounds/Fourteen-Fifty-Six
Chapter Number Twelve/The Old Lion Rests Awhile/To Fourteen Sixty Two
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