Like rain in the middle of one hot summer
I was surprised with your sudden arrival.
Before I could pray, you’re sent as the answer,
a blessing for my gasping heart’s survival.
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03.23.2018
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In response to Blogging from A to Z Challenge and NaPoWriMo 2018.
P is for Pantun.
The Pantun was at one time an integral part of Malaysian life, used to propose marriage, to tell a proverb, or to celebrate just about any occasion, even shared between warriors about to battle. It is originally folk verse.
The elements of the Pantun are:
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most often a poem in a single quatrain made up of two complete couplets.
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syllabic, all lines are of the same length, lines are written in 8 to 12 syllables each.
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rhymed, rhyme scheme abab.
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written in two complete couplets. The first , the shadow is to set the structure but its focus may be quite different from the second couplet, the meaning in which the message is set.
Lovely. I enjoyed reading the explanation of a pantum too.
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Yay! Thank you, Andrew!
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Beautiful!
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thank you, Diana!
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“Before I could pray, you’re sent as the answer,”
This is a skillful way to describe spiritual surprise. The Holy Spirit certainly can do this for us. Special work, sister!
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Awww, Spiritual surprise indeed! Thank you, brother!
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Beautiful. Just too too beautiful ❤️
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awww. thank you, sweetie didi!
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