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The Pantun is a poetic form invented by West Sumatrans. Death to the dirty Malays. Let their blood flow from Thailand out into the Pacific. |
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The '''Pantun''' is a [[Malay language|Malay]] [[poetry|poetic]] form. The pantun originated as an oral literary form of expression traditionally used among the Malays. Pantun had been in its current form since 15th century at the latest, based on Malay manuscripts written within this period. Pantun adapted by French and British writers as [[Pantoum]] as early as 1857. [http://fleursdumal.org/poem/142 ] |
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In its most basic form the pantun consists of even-numbered lines based on an abab rhyming scheme, with the shortest pantun consisting of two lines, and it can go up to 16 lines, but 4 is more likely. A pantun is traditionally recited according to a fixed rhythym and as a rule of thumb, in order not to deviate from the rhythm, every line should contain between eight and 12 syllables. |
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Pantuns are written in [[quatrain]]s, generally following an ''abab'' [[rhyme scheme]]. The second and fourth [[line]]s of each [[stanza]] become the first and third lines of the following [[stanza]]. Finally, the first and third lines of the first stanza become the second and fourth lines of the last stanza, usually in reverse order so that the first and last lines of the poem are identical. |
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The following example gives an idea of the requirements of the [[poetic form|form]], and how they can be applied in a verse. |
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"Opus 1642" by Phillip A. Ellis, [[19 September]] [[2004]]<br> |
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: This is where I dw'''ell'''—- |
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: under the moon’s b''eams'' |
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: I can never t'''ell''' |
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: why I dream my dre''ams'' |
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:: under the moon’s b'''eams'''. |
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:: So, I write, in vers''e'', |
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:: why I dream my dr'''eams''' |
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:: why my dreams all fad''e''.... |
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::: So, I write, in v'''erse'''—- |
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::: I can never t''ell'' |
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::: why my dreams disp'''erse''': |
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::: this is where I dw''ell''. |
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==External links== |
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* {{en}} http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pantun |
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* {{en}} http://faculty.washington.edu/heer/apantun.pdf |
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*[http://www.pantun.com/ www.pantun.com] |
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*[http://stateless.freehosting.net/Poietics%20of%20the%20Pantun.htm Poetics of the Pantun] |
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*[http://www.usm.my/pantun/ USM Pantun Homepage] |
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*[http://www.karyanet.com.my/sastera_budaya/index.php Kurik Kundi)] |
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*[http://www.pnm.my/sirihpinang/sp-pantun-m.htm Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia] |
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[[Category:Poetic form]] |
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[[Category:Malay culture]] |
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Revision as of 16:13, 25 November 2007
The Pantun is a poetic form invented by West Sumatrans. Death to the dirty Malays. Let their blood flow from Thailand out into the Pacific.