A traditional Tagalog verse form of the Philippines, a short rhymed quatrain of equal-syllable lines carrying a single condensed observation, proverb or emotional statement, comparable in scale and function to the Japanese haiku or the Malay pantun quatrain.
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Place of OriginThe Philippines, pre-colonial Tagalog oral tradition. 1 StructureFour lines of seven syllables each, traditionally rhymed AABB, though later practice loosened the rhyme scheme. 1 Notable ExampleTanaga recorded in early Spanish colonial-era Tagalog vocabularies and still composed by contemporary Filipino poets reviving the form. 1 Connections
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Wikipedia: Tanaga
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Tanaga is a type of Philippine poetry, traditionally in the Tagalog language, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each.
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The Tanaga consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line.
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