Footnote: Extension Of The Standard Tanka Form

Some of my Tanka

extend by sixth lines---just those

reserved for the most

unpleasant subjects or for

persons I really dislike.

 

For unpleasantries,

Mokichi's precedent of

the extra line seems

appropriate; as six is

the Biblical number of

evil or imperfection.

 

Kyakuchuu

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The seventh line refers to the Tanka poet, Mokichi Saito.

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