Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Fireflies" was inspired by his study of this poetic form.
Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Fireflies" was inspired by his study of this poetic form. Early examples were meant to exemplify "sabi," one's personal sense of loneliness, as demonstrated by those collected in Record of a Travel-Worn Satchel. The author of that work got his name from a banana tree some disciples planted near his home, and he collected many of these types of poems depicting a trip he made in 1689 in The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Often utilizing a "kigo" or theme word and "kireji," or cutting word, FTP what is this brief verse form derived from the renga and mastered by Matsuo Basho?
Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Fireflies" was inspired by his study of this poetic form.
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