The Malayan form
PANTOUM is written in four-line stanzas; and the second and fourth line of each stanza become the first and third of the succeeding stanza. In the last stanza, the second and fourth lines are the third and first of the first stanza; so that the opening and closing lines of the pantoum are identical. Each line is a repeton.
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Schematic:
The structure for a four-stanza pantoum would be:
ABCD BEDF EGFH GCHA
If one were to rhyme it, the rhyme scheme would then be:
1, 2, 1, 2; 2, 3, 2, 3; 3, 4, 3, 4; . . . n, 1, n, 1."
Another interesting rhyme scheme is:
aabb aabb aabb ... abba.
where "A" through "H" is the repetitive line structure, "1" through "4" are the rhyme scheme AND "a" & "b" alternate rhyme scheme
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Quote:
Another schematic view:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5 (repeat of line 2)
Line 6
Line 7 (repeat of line 4)
Line 8
Line 9 (repeat line 2 of previous stanza)
Line 10
Line 11 (repeat line 4 of previous stanza)
Line 12
etcetera...
Last stanza:
Line 2 of previous stanza
Line 3 of first stanza
Line 4 of previous stanza
Line 1 of first stanza
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Example by
Karen Whiteside:
He Did Not Speak of War
He did not speak of war
’Though its effects were clear
Could he forget the gore
This man to me so dear?
’Though its effects were clear,
He saw the tank explode,
This man to me so dear
Humility he showed.
He saw the tank explode
Before his very eyes
Humility he showed,
My hand is hurt he cries.
Before his very eyes
Could he forget the gore?
My hand is hurt he cries
He did not speak of war.
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