Tanka
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Other
Requirement | | |
| Description: | | Japanese syllable-based five line poem with syllable
counts: 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 7. The abbreviated version can be: 2 / 3 / 2 / 3 / 3. | | |
| Origin: | | Japanese | | |
| Schematic: | | xxxxx
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or
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xx
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xxx | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 5 | | |
| Examples: | | | | |
| See Also: | | Abbreviated Haiku I, Abbreviated Haiku II, Choka, Haikai no Renga, Haiku, Renga, Renga Chain, Senryu, Somonka, Syllabic Verse, Waka | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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