Pantun
The pantun was created in Malay. It was originally an oral literary form of expression. Pantuns have an even number of lines and can range from two to sixteen lines. It generally has four lines and has a structured fixed rhythm. Every line tends to have anywhere from eight to twelve syllables. The quatrains rhyme in an abab pattern with the second and fourth lines of the first stanza becoming the third and first lines of the following stanza respectively. While it’s similar to the pantoum, the lines are reversed when they are repeated in the poem.
