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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