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tankas

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plural of tanka

as in haiku

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In its final form, a CPN chapter was visually indistinguishable from a haiku, the white space between words packed tightly with meaning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
But the haiku in my inbox was unexpected.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026

Definition of haiku

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The construction is the same -- three lines, 17 syllables, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line and five syllables on the third line -- but the tone and subject matter of a senryu is different.

— Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 19 Nov. 2020
The event is open to anyone interested in learning about the modern haiku, senryu and haibun types of poetry, focusing on contemporary free verse forms, not the familiar five-seven-five-syllable structure.

— Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019

Definition of senryu

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But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
The sleek property features several odes to San Diego landmarks, starting with the heated saltwater pool inspired by the Balboa Park Lily Pond and gazebo honoring the Botanical Building.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 July 2026

Definition of odes

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The touchstones are plentiful—Harmonia’s cyclical drift, Alice Coltrane’s stargazing elegies, gamelan’s hypnotic shimmer—but the song is strange and unpredictable.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Last week, some of the brightest minds of my generation left us angry elegies and poetic travelogues.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of elegies

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In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Definition of sonnets

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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.

— Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
A little over a year ago, Paul Simon returned to the road following a seven-year hiatus to promote his new LP Seven Psalms.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026

Definition of psalms

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