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renga

[ reng-guh ]

noun

, Prosody.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of renga1

1875–80; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese lián link + song
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Example Sentences

She was learned, and a great poet in the style called renga.

After a while the same practice was applied to comic poetry, thus producing the so-called haikai-no-renga, or comic linked verses.

This usage of capping verses known as renga came to be very popular, from the Court downward, as early as the thirteenth century.

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