ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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ASIAN LITERATURE

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It is the shortest form of Japanese poetry but most popular. It has seventeen-syllable poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
A
Tanka
B
Haiku
C
Manyo Shu
D
Noh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -haiku, unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The haiku first emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century, as a terse reaction to elaborate poetic traditions, though it did not become known by the name haiku until the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. A haiku often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence of a specific moment in time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Haiku is a short verse genre written in one line in Japanese and commonly three lines in English and other languages. It has achieved significant global popularity, having been adapted from Japanese into many other languages. Typical of Japanese haiku is the metrical pattern of 5, 7, and 5 on (also known as morae).

Detailed explanation-4: -A haiku is a short, unrhymed poem that adheres to a specific three-line, seventeen-syllable format. The form originated in Japan, but today people across the globe read and write haiku in many different languages.

Detailed explanation-5: -A fixed-form 5-3-5 syllable (or 3-5-3 word) haiku is sometimes known as a lune.

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