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RENGAS
What’s a Renga?
Renga Defined
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An Ancient Japanese Party Game
Collaborative poetry
One person writes a stanza and passes it on
to the next
Alternates between haikus and couplets
Stanzas “link” with one another
Dependent on imagery
Haiku
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Three lines
Syllable Count: 5-7-5
The first haiku is called the “hokku” and it is
traditionally written by a distinguished guest
Couplets
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In Rengas, they must be two lines of 7
syllables each
Example
See “Seasonal Miseries”
“Linking” Stanzas
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Write down an image suggested by the
previous stanza
 Parallel

image (something similar)
 Contrasting image (something different)
 Shift focus to another aspect of the same image
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Repeat prominent sounds
Make a play on words/pun inspired by the
previous stanza
Continue or contrast the mood
Rengas Travel Through Ideas
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The point of a renga is to explore an idea in
many different ways
It is a conversation
New ideas will be introduced, others
forgotten, but the focus is still on one topic.
Let’s Try It!

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