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This poem consists of five unrhymed lines. the syllable pattern of each line is 5,7,5,7,7. Tanka poems are often romantic in nature and concerned with the temporariness of love. It is a Japanese derived poem and it is considered to be one of the most important forms of Japanese poetry.

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