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Home » Poetry and Literature » Poetry Forms » Haiku and Related Poetry Forms » The Tanka Sijo Cupboard The Tanka Sijo Cupboard in Poets Biography & Poetry Resource Directory |
Tanka is a short form of Japanese poetry. It is a mood poem written in five lines that incorporates natural images and human emotions. It is traditionally written in 31 syllables of 5,7,5,7,7. Modern writing of tanka varies in both syllables per line and number of lines.
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