Clouds (Than-Bauk)





clouds on a twist

not with gist but

in mist they cry

A Than-Bauk, conventionally a witty saying or epigram, is a three line "climbing rhyme" poem of Burmese origin.

Each line has four syllables. The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line,

the third syllable of the second line, and the second syllable of the third line.
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Submitted on March 20, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X A A
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 326
Words 61
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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