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Triolet - Rengay: The Form
West Meets East
Karina Klesko
The Triolet -
Rengay is a six verse composition. It is a combination of
Triolets and Renga (with a renga/renku ending - that serves as
an ageku, which can be separate from the other five
triolets, but at the same time edifying each verse). Karina
Klesko devised the Triolet - Rengay in October 2007 as a
unique collaborative form for two writers that uniting a
western verse form with an eastern verse form.
The third
line of each triolet is repeated in each successive triolet as
the B line.
There is a
common theme, rather than a shift; this is an organizational
feature similar to rengay that is derived from the renga, a
linking but not a shifting of topics.
The last
verse loops back to the first verse.
The exception
of this would be that the last verse does not have to use the
theme per se as long as the first verse completes the
thoughts.
In the poem,
"The Devil's Grass", the returning soldiers
compliments the summer's surrender...
Another way
to link the verses would be by using an appropriate kigo.
As in some
styles of rengay a story unfolds.
Karina Klesko
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