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The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of the Sinosphere —most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods of Chinese history, Joseon Korea, and Vietnam. They tend to offer a reflection on death—both in general and concerning the imminent death of the author—that is often coupled with a ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 – November 28, 1694); [2] born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) [3] was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after ...
The nine stages of decay have featured as the subject of several Chinese and Japanese poems. [1]: 24 In Japan there are two main poems, attributed to Kuukai (774 – 835), founder of Shingon Buddhism, [14] and Su Tongpo (1037 – 1101), a Song dynasty politician. [1]: 24 The Su Tongpo poem links the impermanence of the human form to changing ...
Ame ni mo makezu. Ame ni mo makezu (雨ニモマケズ, 'Be not Defeated by the Rain')[1] is a poem written by Kenji Miyazawa, [2] a poet from the northern prefecture of Iwate in Japan who lived from 1896 to 1933. It was written in a notebook with a pencil in 1931 while he was fighting illness in Hanamaki, and was discovered posthumously ...
Oku no Hosomichi. Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道, originally おくのほそ道), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. [1] The first edition was published ...
Tanka. Hyakuninisshu 001. one of the poetry cards from the card game version of the Ogura Hyakunin isshu, a beloved complilation of tanka. Tanka (短歌, "short poem") is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. [1][2][3]
Haiku. Haiku (俳句, listen ⓘ) is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan, and can be traced back from the influence of traditional Chinese poetry. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 morae (called on in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; [1] that include a kireji, or "cutting word"; [2] and a kigo ...