RENGA

Meaning of RENGA in English

/reng"geuh/ , n. Pros.

See linked verse .

[ 1875-80; lián link + ge song ]

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RENGA — Japanese linked-verse poetry in which two or more poets supply alternating sections of a poem. The form began with the …
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