renga

[ reng-guh ]

nounProsody.

Origin of renga

1
1875–80; <Japanese <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese lián link + song

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How to use renga in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Japanese Spirit | Yoshisaburo Okakura
  • This usage of capping verses known as renga came to be very popular, from the Court downward, as early as the thirteenth century.

    The Japanese Spirit | Yoshisaburo Okakura