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Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true.
Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn
Born: Jun 27, 1850
Died: Sep 26, 1904

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