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Than-Bauk

Type:  

Structure

 
Description: 

An epigrammatic tercet of four syllable lines where the rhyme shifts backward through the syllables from the fourth in the first line to the second in the third.

 
Origin: 

Burmese

 
Schematic: 
xxxa
xxax
xaxx
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

3

 
Line/Poem Length: 

3

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
See Also:  

Luc Bat, Pathya Vat, Quatern, Syllabic Verse, Than-Bauk Poem

 

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