I like this form of poetry -
Japanese, old, 5 lines, usually an unbroken sentence
5, 7, 5, 7,7
Tanka’s economy and suitability for emotional expression made it ideal for intimate communication; lovers would often, after an evening spent together (often clandestinely), dash off a tanka to give to the other the next morning as a gift of gratitude.
Like the sonnet, the tanka employs a turn, known as a pivotal image, which marks the transition from the examination of an image to the examination of the personal response.
This turn is located within the third line, connecting the kami-no-ku, or upper poem, with the shimo-no-ku, or lower poem.
Japanese, old, 5 lines, usually an unbroken sentence
5, 7, 5, 7,7
Tanka’s economy and suitability for emotional expression made it ideal for intimate communication; lovers would often, after an evening spent together (often clandestinely), dash off a tanka to give to the other the next morning as a gift of gratitude.
Like the sonnet, the tanka employs a turn, known as a pivotal image, which marks the transition from the examination of an image to the examination of the personal response.
This turn is located within the third line, connecting the kami-no-ku, or upper poem, with the shimo-no-ku, or lower poem.
I read elsewhere that it can be lyrical and to do with nature.
So not bad huh? my first tanka! hehe.
got the syllabus, and the one sentence and a personal response to an image and was somewhat lyrical...
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