The yadu ( my, ရတု, ; also spelt ya-du and yatu) is a
Burmese form of
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
which consists of up to three
stanzas of five lines. The first four lines of a stanza have four
syllables each, but the fifth line can have 5, 7, 9, or 11 syllables. A yadu should contain a reference to a season.
The form uses
climbing rhyme. The
rhyme is required on the fourth, third, and second syllables of both the first three lines and the last three lines. The end of the last two lines also rhyme.
e.g.:
:---A
:--A-
:-A-B
:--BC
:-B--C
References
*Vernick, Harris "Cole"· ''The Baker's Dozen: The Cole Foundation Collection: Volume 1''. AuthorHouse, 2007. . p250
Guide to Verse Forms
Poetic forms
Burmese literature
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