Meaning HOKKU
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HOKKUIn Japanese poetry, the term hokku literally means "starting verse." A hokku was the first starting link of a much longer chain of verses known as renga or linked verse. The hokku was tradit [..]
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HOKKUHOE'K-COO (J: starting verse) The traditional name for the first stanza of a renga. As poets jotted down hokku against the day when they might be called upon to start a renga without preparation, [..]
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HOKKUFirst, or "upper" verse of tanka or renga. Often used as syn. of haiku.
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HOKKUSee Haiku.
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HOKKU
(poetry) A type of Japanese poem.
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