Tagalog & Japanese Poetry

This is a pre-Hispanic rhyming poem of three lines with seven syllables in each line expressing a complete thought.

• Oyayi

• Hilirao

• Diona

• Tanaga

This is an indigenous or native Tagalog fixed poetic form. It is composed of heptasyllabic lines or four lines containing seven syllables each.

• Riddles

• Proverbs

• Diona

• Tanaga

This is made up of two couplets that have a rhyme scheme of aabb.

• Riddles

• Proverbs

• Diona

• Tanaga

This is a traditional Japanese fixed poetic form composed of three unrhymed lines comprising seventeen syllables.

• Renga

• Diona

• Tanka

• Haiku

It's pattern is 5-7-5 syllable.

• Haiku

• Renga

• Tanka

• Diona

Haiku came from the opening lines of Renga called?

• Hakku

• Hokku

• Haki

• Haku

The following are famous writers of Haiku except:

• Matsuo Basho

• Kobayashi Issa

• Kugisaki Nobara

• Yosa Buson

This is a Japanese fixed poetic form composed of five unrhymed lines comprising thirty-one syllables.

• Tanaga

• Renga

• Diona

• Tanka

It is composed of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, total of 31 syllables.

• Tanka

• Tanaga

• Renga

• Haiku

The upper phrase of Tanka usually composed of the vivid image of the poetry. True or false?

• True

• False