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Redamancy means reciprocal love
Design format of the Sedoka
- It is a syllabic verse and, therefore, contains no rhyme or metre.
- It is a traditional Japanese poetic form consisting of two tercets (three-line stanzas/verses). Each tercet follows a specific syllable pattern: 5-7-7.
- Traditionally, the design format included the question in the first verse, and the reply/response in the second verse.
- Another possibility – a refrain (according to some resources):The second tercet could repeat the first line of the first tercet as its last line, creating a sense of symmetry and continuity, i.e. a refrain: Abc deA. However, this doesn't make sense to me as the syllable count per these lines does not match: 5 & 7 respectively.
- Capitalisation and punctuation marks are the prerogative of the poet, but used sparingly.