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30 Enero 2021
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HAIKU, TANAGA, TANKA, TIGSIK
PoetryAng tulâ ay tulâ, maikli man o mahabà. A haiku poem has three lines, where the first and last lines have five moras, and the middle line has seven. The pattern in this Japanese is 5-7-5. The mora is another name for a sound unit, which is like a syl...
