noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
Literary term for the painstaking effort of composing poetry or prose, often with a focus on word choice and phrasing. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the act of composing with great difficulty.
彼は一晩中苦吟して、ようやく一句をひねり出した。
He struggled all night to compose a single haiku.
詩
After much laborious composition, the poet produced a masterpiece.