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The poem is constructed in ''hōculawak'' (lit. “eight steps”) — a traditional poetic meter, used mostly for prayers and songs. According to the old tradition, instead of counting syllables, [[w:mora (linguistics)|morae]] are counted (which treat long vowels as two morae, but doesn't treat a syllable coda as a separate mora). So in the prayer above each row contains exactly eight morae, hence the name “eight steps”. | |||
==Post-Iktarenen literature== | ==Post-Iktarenen literature== | ||