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Ya-Du is a Burmese poetry form *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A Ya-Du has 5
lines.
The first 4 lines have 4 syllables per line, and the fifth line can have 5, 7, 9 or 11 syllables. Lines 4 and 5 rhyme in the normal fashion. (sight and night) The first 3 lines and last 3 lines have climbing rhymes using the 4th, 3rd and 2nd syllables. e.g.
My patch of sky The part I see From my backyard Clouds retard sight Of starred beauty on this Winter's night (this Ya-Du example written by Joelsz) (In this piece that would be:
sky, I and my; backyard, retard and starred)
Ya-Du also always refers in some way to a season or seasons. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
 Summer Rain Sudden shower Cooling mercy Summer lightning Flashes linger Skies ring to a thunderous singer ©Janine Daniel *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Moderator's Award  I received this award from Joelsz at Oriental Song, Flowing Quills, 28th Nov 2005 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Click HERE for POETRY INDEX Click HERE for MAIN INDEX Click HERE for GUEST BOOK or E-MAIL *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Background and graphic created by "Spinny's
Creations".
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