Pantoum

Since a Palindrome is done by me earlier,i chose another interesting form for today.

Basically a Malaysian verse, the

is derived from the pantun berkait, a series of interwoven quatrains. It has a set pattern within the poem of repeating lines throughout the poem. A four-stanza pantoum is common (although more may be used), and in the final stanza, lines one and three from the first stanza can be repeated, or new lines can be written.

 

Listen,o listen,generous one

not any gossip,only fact I tell

that which cant be disputed by anyone

yes, such story I am here to sell

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Not any gossip,only fact I tell

that am no nawab or a prince

that’s my story I am here to sell

striped of all my innocence

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I am no nawab or a prince

but have plateful of sorrow and hate

Striped of all my innocence

here I am left to my fate

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I have plateful of sorrow and hate

that which cant be disputed by anyone

Here I am left to my fate

Listen,o listen,generous one

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