Tanga (poetry)
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Tanga poetry is a five-line version of haiga
and consists of short poetic quintains
in either the Tanka
(a form of Waka (poetry)
), tetractys
, Lanterne (poem)
or American cinquain
formats, superimposed upon a picture. The poem complements and is relevant to the visual image. Normally, the poem is digitally inserted upon the related photograph
, picture or drawing, in a type coloured to contrast with the colours of the photo.
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Haiga
' is a style of Japanese painting based on the aesthetics of haikai, from which haiku poetry derives, which often accompanied such poems in a single piece. Like the poetic forms it accompanied, haiga was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world...
and consists of short poetic quintains
Cinquain
Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.-Crapsey cinquain:...
in either the Tanka
Tanka
Tanka may refer to:* Tanka, a form of Japanese waka * Tanka prose, a literary genre which combines tanka poems and prose* Thangka, a pictorial representation in Tibetan Buddhism...
(a form of Waka (poetry)
Waka (poetry)
Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
), tetractys
Tetractys
The tetractys , or tetrad, is a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows: one, two, three, and four points in each row...
, Lanterne (poem)
Lanterne (poem)
Lanterne is a five line poem where the first line has one syllable, the second line two syllables, the third line three syllables, the fourth line four syllables and the fifth line one syllable. Each line able to stand on its own with or without a title that sometimes forms an integral part as a...
or American cinquain
Cinquain
Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.-Crapsey cinquain:...
formats, superimposed upon a picture. The poem complements and is relevant to the visual image. Normally, the poem is digitally inserted upon the related photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
, picture or drawing, in a type coloured to contrast with the colours of the photo.
Etymology
The term "Tanga" is a modern western coinage, formed from a combination of "tanka" and "haigaHaiga
' is a style of Japanese painting based on the aesthetics of haikai, from which haiku poetry derives, which often accompanied such poems in a single piece. Like the poetic forms it accompanied, haiga was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world...
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