What type of poem has exactly 17 syllables?
Death poem waka. Sometimes they are written in the three-line, seventeen-syllable haiku form, although the most common type of death poem (called a "jisei" 辞世) is in the waka form called the tanka (also called a "jisei-ei" 辞世詠) which consists of five lines totaling 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7)—a form that constitutes over half of surviving death poems.(Ogiu, 317-318). Poetry has long been a core part of Japanese tradition. Death poems are typically graceful, natural, and emotionally neutral, in accordance with the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto. Excepting the earliest works of this tradition, it has been considered inappropriate to mention death explicitly; rather,
Summum Bonum (poem) Summum Bonum (poem) "Summum Bonum" is a poem by Robert Browning. It was published in poet's last book, "Asolando" in 1889. It is a short poem or epigram. The title is a Latin phrase that means "the highest good". The poem is composed of eight lines. They are not equally long. Some are fifteen syllables long, while others are only six syllables long. The metre is anapaestic. The longer lines are built of five feet: and the shorter of only two feet: while Browning frequently employs what might be considered cretic substitutions: The lines rhyme according to the scheme ABABBCAC