Renga (連歌, linked poem) is a genre [1] of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ku (句), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 mora (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per line are linked in succession by multiple poets.

Renga poetry has been influential in Japanese literature, and it has also inspired Western poets to experiment with collaborative poetry. Today, renga is still practiced in Japan, and there are also international communities that engage in Renga writing as a form of creative expression and cultural exchange.

renga, genre of Japanese linked-verse poetry in which two or more poets supplied alternating sections of a poem. The renga form began as the composition of a single tanka (a traditional five-line poem) by two people and was a popular pastime from ancient times, even in …

A renga is a form written by multiple collaborating poets. To create a renga, one poet writes the first stanza , which is three lines long with a total of seventeen syllables. The next poet adds the second stanza, a couplet with seven syllables per line.

2021年9月28日 · Renga is a form of Japanese poetry that features linked verse (“renga” is Japanese for “linked verse”). Renga poetry comprises alternating stanzas, starting with the creation of a single tanka (a Japanese poem consisting of five lines).

2020年4月9日 · The form started in ninth-century Japan, and was used as a means of exchange and communication between members of the Japanese Court, particularly lovers. These epistolary exchanges eventually evolved into a new form, renga, chains of collaboratively composed, linked tanka that can grow to be thousands of tanka long. Tanka to Read:

Originating in Japan, Renga is a collaborative form of poetry that weaves the creativity of multiple poets into a seamless sequence of verses. This article delves into the history, rules, and allure of Renga, illustrated by the works of renowned poets.

Renku (連句, "linked verses"), or haikai no renga (俳諧の連歌, "comic linked verse"), [1] is a Japanese form of popular collaborative linked verse poetry. It is a development of the older Japanese poetic tradition of ushin renga, or orthodox collaborative linked verse.

2023年12月13日 · A renga is a Japanese collaborative genre of poetry, in which multiple poets alternately contribute stanzas to the poem. The renga came into existence after two people started writing a tanka (a traditional short Japanese poem) together, and it became a favorite pastime even in ancient rural Japan.

2024年8月9日 · Rengay is collaborative poetry written by two or three poets alternating three-line and two-line haiku or haiku-like verses in a six-verse thematic form. Garry Gay invented rengay, naming the form by combining his last name with “renga,” …