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== Content == Within the traditions of renga and renku, the hokku, as the opening verse of the poem, has always held a special position. It was traditional for the most honoured guest at the poetry-writing session to be invited to compose it, and he would be expected to offer praise to his host and/or deprecate himself (often symbolically), while ...
In Japanese poetry, the term hokku literally means 'starting verse.' A hokku was the first starting
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the opening verse of a linked verse series. · haiku.