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Pathya Vat

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Tetrasyllabic-lined quatrains where the second and third lines rhyme. If there is more than one quatrain, the rhyme is picked up from the fourth line of the previous stanza.

 
Origin: 

Cambodian

 
Schematic: 
xxxx
xxxa
xxxa
xxxb

xxxx
xxxb
xxxb
xxxc

xxxx
xxxc
xxxc
xxxd

Etc.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Reference: 

Reference Link

 
See Also:  

Syllabic Verse, Than-Bauk

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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