the collaboration of 2 poets, produced the finished 'maekuzkuke':
'' Catching the thief
And looking at him -
It was my own son!
I want to kill him,
And I don't want to kill him. ''
The 'front verse' (1st stanza) , of 5-7-5 syllables, of a maekuzuke, was then known as 'senryu'.
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the collaboration of 2 poets, produced the finished 'maekuzkuke': '' Catching the thief And looking at him - It was my own son! I want to kill him, And I don't want to kill him. '' The 'front verse' (1st stanza) , of 5-7-5 syllables, of a maekuzuke, was then known as 'senryu'.