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Choka<br />

5,7,5,7,5,7,5,7,7<br />

Long Poem<br />

Bussokusekika<br />

5,7,5,7,7,7<br />

Buddha Footprint Poem<br />

Sedoka<br />

5,7,7,5,7,7<br />

Repeating-the-First-Part Poem<br />

Haikai<br />

When renga is composed in humorous and comic themes,<br />

it is called haikai. Haikai is referred as mushin renga or<br />

comic renga. Haikai <strong>poetry</strong>, sometimes also called hokku,<br />

is composed in three lines with nature and season as the<br />

dominant theme. Hokku or haikai <strong>poetry</strong> form gained<br />

prominence in the 17th century. Matsuo Basho

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