An anthology of classical poetry in this language, which translates as “one hundred people, one hundred poems,” is the basis of a card game in which players match a poem to its last few lines. The tradition of collaborative poetry in this language grew from contests in which left and right teams would compete to compose poems on a set theme. In a collection in this language, the anthologist judges 30 pairs of poems side-by-side in the same manner as a (*) children’s game that uses seashells. A seasonal reference and a “cutting word” are components of a verse form from this language, which inspired Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro”and uses lines of five, seven, and five syllables. For 10 points, name this language whose poetic forms include renga and haiku. ■END■
ANSWER: Japanese [or Nihongo] (The 100-poem anthology is the Hyakunin Isshu, which is the basis of the card game Uta-garuta; the contests are Uta-awase.)
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