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7 + 7 • Tanka [Short Poem] = 5 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 7 (31 syllab.) "Tanka" poetry (also called "Waka") later became an independent genre
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(verb) - To divide words into syllables, specially in teaching a child to read.
--Mairi Robinson's Concise Scots Dictionary, 1985
January 19, 2018