(linked poem) A poem of alternating stanzas of nominally five-seven-five and seven-seven onji, usually composed by two or more poets, and developing texture by shifting among several traditional topics without narrative progression. Typical renga run to 36, 50, 100, 1000 or more stanzas.
A genre of medieval poetry originating from tanka which gained popularity in Heian era (794 - 1192).
a group of HAIKU-LIKE verses linked in any one of severalspecial ways
a Japanese poetic form similar to haiku, but a series of stanzas linked by an idea
a poem composed by writers cooperatively, across time and distance
a tanka in which the first three lines are formed by one poet, and the next two by another, completing the poem
Refers to Japanese linked poetry. A typical renga sequence comprised 100 stanzas composed by about three poets at a single sitting of about three hours. Each stanza of a renga is like a link in a chain.
A Japanese form that originated as a party game in which groups of poets contributed to a single poem, typically consisting of at least 100 lines written by three poets in about three hours; the renga is an imagistic form and is the parent of the haiku, which were considered "warm up" poems for the renga. Each stanza relates to the one before it, but not to the one before that.
Japanese collaborative poetry. A renga consists of at least two or stanzas, often many more. The opening stanza of the renga chain, called the , later became the basis for the modern haiku style of poetry.