Friday, January 25, 2008

Poetry Tips: Tanka Poems

Tanka poems consist of 5 lines. Lines one and three contain 5 syllables. Lines two, four, and five include 7 syllables. I stumbled onto the description at this site below:

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm

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