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Than Bauk

posted by [personal profile] benlehman at 11:12pm on 15/11/2004
In a conversation with D. I was reminded of these... written a while ago.

The Than Bauk is a neat poetic form. It comes from Burma, and was important to the west only very recently. It is three lines of four syllables, with a unique rhyme scheme.



Silence, pity
that beastly man
we see his tracks

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In firelight
we will fight for
the right words spoke
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posted by [identity profile] unrequitedthai.livejournal.com at 09:59pm on 16/11/2004
Please elucidate this rhyme scheme. It is opaque to me!
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 10:03pm on 16/11/2004
But finding it is half the fun! :-)

Hint -- look at the last syllable of the first line.

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--Ben

P.S. If you are totally stuck, google will reveal it to you.
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posted by [identity profile] bigbluebackpack.livejournal.com at 01:40am on 17/11/2004
I got it without the hint (I think). First line last syllable, second line third syllable, third line second syllable--moving backwards. To be fair, I think you mentioned this form to me when you were recently reading them some time ago. Still, I'm proud of myself ;¬) I assume the stress pattern doesn't matter since Thai is not a stress language?
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 01:43am on 17/11/2004
Not Thai, actually, but Burmese. And I have no idea if it is a stress language or not...

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