renga

American  

[reng-guh] / ˈrɛŋ gə /

noun

Prosody.

1. linked verse.

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Etymology

Origin of renga

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

Example Sentences

When France instituted lockdown rules at the start of the pandemic, Hacker and Naïr — both Paris residents — preserved a sense of community by writing a renga to capture the ordinary and ominous days.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021

Among the itinerants travelling a long distance may be counted the professional literati also, the experts in the art of composing the renga, the short Japanese poems.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro