7th History Assignment: Tanka Poems due May 7, 2020 at 07:00PM

Title: Assignment: Tanka Poems

Description: During the Heian period, Japanese nobles wrote poems called tanka, meaning “short songs”. The poems are brief and express an emotion or thought. You will be writing a Tanka Poem for Mother’s Day.

Traditional Tanka Poems consist of 5 lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5-7-7.

See the example on page 448 of our TB. https://ift.tt/3b93Ijv

Due: May 7, 2020 at 07:00PM