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• Japanese verse of three lines
• Japanese verse with 17 syllables
• Verse often inspired by nature
• Lines from 60s musical briefly lifted nation
• Poem like 'The swallow flies up / Into a blue evening sky, / Summer's small herald'
• 5-7-5 verse
• Noble, with great success, recited poetic lines
• Japanese 17-syllable poem
• Island nation reflected after chap discovered Japanese writing
• Specifically designed poem
• Basho work
• A poetry form/With seventeen syllables/And only three lines
• Oriental poem with sound of excited talk as lovebirds do
• Three-line form reported power grab at top level?
• What’s poetic greeting heard the country over?