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Hokku (発句, lit. "starting verse") is the
opening stanza of a ****anese
orthodox collaborative linked poem, renga, or of its
later derivative,
renku (haikai...
- poem
called renga.
These haiku written as an
opening stanza were
known as
hokku and over time they
began to be
written as stand-alone poems.
Haiku was given...
- his
hokku, he
himself believed his best work lay in
leading and parti****ting in renku. As he
himself said, "Many of my
followers can
write hokku as well...
- It is
regarded as a
requirement in
traditional haiku, as well as in the
hokku, or
opening verse, of both
classical renga and its
derivative renku (haikai...
- The
first stanza of the
renga chain, the
hokku, is the
forebear of the
modern haiku. The stand-alone
hokku was
renamed haiku in the
Meiji period by the...
- "honored guest"
composing a few
beginning lines,
often in the form of the
hokku (which, as a stand-alone piece,
eventually evolved into the haiku). This...
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depending upon
their place in the poem.
According to
these rules, the
hokku (the
opening stanza of the renga) must
include a
reference to the season...
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haiku are more serious. Like haiku, senryū
originated as an
opening part (
hokku) of a
larger ****anese poem
called renga.
Unlike haiku, senryū do not include...
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giving a
brief outline of his own
English hokku efforts and
ending with the exhortation, "Pray, you try ****anese
Hokku, my
American poets! You say far too much...
- Arts
Festival in 2003. Bashō's
hokku, or
opening verse, of the 36-verse poem:
Norstein animated the
opening stanza (
hokku) as the
special guest (kyaku)...
