Poem Of 31 Syllables In Five Lines Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TANKA which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: TANKA

Updated: October 11, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	5		Exact Match!
2	36%	6		Kind of verse form with lines of five feet, each with two syllables
3	34%	12		Lines with six stressed syllables followed by six unstressed syllables

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We think the answer is "TANKA" which means:

noun

• A form of japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
• A tibetan religious painting on fabric

An example sentence would be:

• "The poem i wrote is a traditional japanese tanka."
• "She studied the history and structure of the tanka in her literature class."

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times10 Jan 2009	Down 50
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