1.
modern poetry; contemporary free verse
Contemporary poetry, especially free verse written in modern colloquial Japanese, as opposed to classical or fixed-form poetry such as tanka and haiku.
現代詩を読む。
to read modern poetry.
彼は現代詩の詩人として知られている。
He is known as a poet of contemporary free verse.
現代詩は定型にとらわれず、自由な言葉づかいで書かれることが多い。
Modern poetry is often written in free language, unbound by fixed forms.
Poetry written in modern colloquial Japanese, typically as free verse without fixed syllable counts. It contrasts with traditional fixed forms.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 現代詩を書く: to write modern poetry
- 現代詩の詩人: a contemporary poet
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 短歌: tanka — fixed 5-7-5-7-7 form
- 俳句: haiku — fixed 5-7-5 form
- 詩: poem; poetry — the general word, of which 現代詩 is one type