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Choka

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Simple

 
Description: 

The choka is a Japanese form of unrhymed alternating five and seven syllable lines that ends with an extra seven syllable line. It can be any odd number of lines.

 
Origin: 

Japanese

 
Schematic: 
A nine-line choka would be:

xxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
 
See Also:  

Coin Poem, Dodoitsu, Haiku, Sedoka, Tanka, Waka

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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