Tanka¶
tanka · form · validated
Five lines of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables.
Provenance¶
- Source: Traditional; classical Japanese court poetry
- Attribution:
traditional— classical or folk; no single origin to name - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,syllables.heuristic - Deterministic: yes
- Also known as: waka
- In other languages: Tanka (de), Tanka (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write five lines of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables.
Examples¶
five-lines¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps into the pond
splash silence again
a frog jumps into the pond
a frog jumps into the pond
Source: constructed example; the 5-7-5-7-7 measure is the form's
only-three-lines¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
an old silent pond
a frog jumps into the pond
splash silence again
Source: constructed counterexample
mond-ueber-dem-haus¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
ein alter Teich dort
ein Frosch springt in das Wasser
das Wasser klingt hell
der Mond steht über dem Haus
und niemand sagt ein Wort mehr
Source: constructed example
cinq-lignes¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
un vieux jardin dort
le silence tombe enfin
un chat noir traverse
et le temps passe en silence
la brume couvre la ville
Source: constructed example; the 5-7-5-7-7 measure is the form's
trois-lignes-seulement¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
un vieux jardin dort
le silence tombe enfin
un chat noir traverse
Source: constructed counterexample