Thanbauk

The Thanbauk is a Burmese form, consisting of three lines of four syllables each. Traditionally, they are witty and epigrammic.

The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line, the third syllable of the second, and on the second syllable of the third.

Here's a modern example by Tin Moe:

"Èthegyi"::Hsay leik lè "to"::Nei lè "nyo" bi::Nga "go" pyan po gya ba lei

"The Great Guest" (1959)::Cigar's burnt down::The sun is brown::Will somebody take me home?::- translated by Anna Allott [cite web|url=http://www.powerofculture.nl/uk/current/2005/march/tinmoe_poems.html|title= Poems of Tin Moe - Prince Claus Laureatus 2004|accessdate=2007-05-16]

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