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Shairi

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Other Requirement, Isosyllabic, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Monorhymed quatrains of sixteen-syllable lines in four sections including a cæsura between syllables eight and nine. The rhymes are eith double or triple syllable rhymes.

 
Attributed to: 

Shota Rustaveli

 
Origin: 

Georgian

 
Schematic: 
See the subsidiary form definitions in the “See Also”
section.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Reference: 

Reference Link

 
See Also:  

Dabali Shairi, Magali Shairi

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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