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Tanka

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Word	Definition
katautanoun	A particular kind of Japanese poem, having a 5-7-7 meter and forming half of an exchange of two poems.
haikunoun	A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
sedokanoun	A particular kind of Japanese poem, composed of two sets of 5-7-7 syllables.
pentameternoun	(poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.
pentastichnoun	(poetry) Any composition consisting of five verses.
heptastichnoun	(poetry) A seven-lined or seven-versed poem.
ottava rimanoun	(poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).
sevenlingnoun	A poem consisting of seven lines, split into three stanzas.
sijonoun	A classical Korean poetry form consisting of twelve accentual phrases divided in three lines.
cinquainnoun	A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
tetrameternoun	(poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
tetracolonnoun	(poetry) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
quatrainnoun	A poem in four lines.
trimeternoun	A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
landaynoun	A traditional Afghan poetic form consisting of a single couplet, with nine syllables in the first line and thirteen in the second.
monk's tale stanzanoun	(poetry) An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC.
sestinanoun	(poetry) A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
decimanoun	(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
pentametrenoun	Alternative form of pentameter. [(poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.]
villanellenoun	(poetry) A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes.