It's based on the ancient form of Japanese poetry, which is something that I had never tried myself.

这些诗是根据日本古代诗歌形式创作的，我自己都从没试过。

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where I was looking primarily at old English poetry and English philology

我主要研究古代英国诗歌和英语语言学。

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