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The Ya Du is a type of Burmese climbing rhyme form which dates from the fifteenth century. It consists of no more than three stanzas of five lines each. The first four lines of a stanza contain four syllables each, and the last line can contain 5, 7, 9, or 11 syllables. In the pattern of climbing rhyme, the third syllable of the second line and the second syllable of the third line must rhyme with the fourth syllable of the first line. The third syllable of the fourth line rhymes with the fourth syllable of the third line. The last syllables of the last two lines also rhyme, as described and demonstrated in the following link: http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/1039-burma-than-bauk-ya-du/#ya .

Like the Japanese Haiku, the theme should be about nature.

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Dave
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