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    Japanese Poetry: Renga, Tanka, Haiku

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    Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem consisting of three short lines that usually do not rhyme in a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Matsuo Basho is considered the greatest Haiku writer. Tanka is a classical Japanese poetry genre composed of five lines in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure and is considered the oldest poetry form, often about nature, love, and seasons. Renga is a linked verse poetry genre where two or more poets supply alternating sections to a poem that can extend over a hundred lines, starting as two people composing one tanka by supplying parts of the 5-7-5 and 7-7 lines.

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    Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem consisting of three short lines that usually do not rhyme in a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Matsuo Basho is considered the greatest Haiku writer. Tanka is a classical Japanese poetry genre composed of five lines in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure and is considered the oldest poetry form, often about nature, love, and seasons. Renga is a linked verse poetry genre where two or more poets supply alternating sections to a poem that can extend over a hundred lines, starting as two people composing one tanka by supplying parts of the 5-7-5 and 7-7 lines.

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    Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem consisting of three short lines that usually do not rhyme in a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Matsuo Basho is considered the greatest Haiku writer. Tanka is a classical Japanese poetry genre composed of five lines in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure and is considered the oldest poetry form, often about nature, love, and seasons. Renga is a linked verse poetry genre where two or more poets supply alternating sections to a poem that can extend over a hundred lines, starting as two people composing one tanka by supplying parts of the 5-7-5 and 7-7 lines.

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    Japanese Poetry: Renga, Tanka, Haiku

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    Jamille Ann Isla Villa
    Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem consisting of three short lines that usually do not rhyme in a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Matsuo Basho is considered the greatest Haiku writer. Tanka is a classical Japanese poetry genre composed of five lines in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure and is considered the oldest poetry form, often about nature, love, and seasons. Renga is a linked verse poetry genre where two or more poets supply alternating sections to a poem that can extend over a hundred lines, starting as two people composing one tanka by supplying parts of the 5-7-5 and 7-7 lines.

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    JAPANESE POETRY

    R E N G A , TA N K A , H A I K U
    HAIKU
    • A traditional Japanese poem consisting of three
    short lines that usually do not rhyme. (5-7-5)
    • Matsuo Basho is considered the greatest Haiku
    writer.
    An ocean voyage,
    as waves break over the bow,
    the sea welcomes me.
    An old silent pond…
    A frog jumps into the pond,
    splash! Silence again.
    TANKA
    • A genre of classical Japanese poetry, composed of
    five lines (5-7-5-7-7)
    • It is considered the oldest form of poetry.
    • Themes usually about nature, love, and seasons.
    RENGA
    • A genre of Japanese linked verse poetry, in which two or
    more poets supplied alternating sections of a poem. It can
    then extend to over a hundred lines.
    • Renga began as the composition of a single tanka (a
    traditional five-line poem) by two people.
    (one supplies the first three lines of 5-7-5 syllables, and the
    other supplies the last two lines with seven syllables)

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