noun
linking poems; verse-linking
A classical poetic technique where one poet composes a verse and another responds with a linked verse, often in renga or haikai. Rare term, mainly encountered in literary or historical contexts.
連歌では、参加者が次々とつけあいを詠んでいった。
In renga, participants composed linked verses one after another.
この句集には、当時のつけあいの妙味がよく表れている。
This collection of verses clearly shows the subtlety of the verse-linking of that time.