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The '''Song Thất Lục Bát''' (literally "double seven, six eight") is a [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] [[poetic form|form]], which consists of a [[quatrain]] of two seven [[syllable]] lines, followed by a six syllable line and an eight syllable line.
The '''Song Thất Lục Bát''' (literally "double seven, six eight") is a [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] [[poetic form|form]], which consists of a [[quatrain]] of two seven-[[syllable]] lines, followed by a six-syllable line and an eight-syllable line. Each line requires certain syllables to exhibit a "flat" or "sharp" pitch. Lines and stanzas are linked in a complex rhyme scheme.

::{|
|-
| width="20pt" | •
| width="20pt" | •
| width="20pt" | ♯
| width="20pt" | •
| width="40pt" | ♭
| width="40pt" | •
| width="40pt" | ♯<b>A</b>
| width="20pt" |
|-
| • || • || ♭ || • || ♯<b>A</b> || • || ♭<b>B</b>
|-
| • || ♭ || • || ♯ || • || ♭<b>B</b>
|-
| • || ♭ || • || ♯ || • || ♭<b>B</b> || • || ♭<b>C</b>
|-
| <br>
|-
| • || • || ♯ || • || ♭<b>C</b> || • || ♯<b>D</b>
|-
| • || • || ♭ || • || ♯<b>D</b> || • || ♭<b>E</b>
|-
| • || ♭ || • || ♯ || • || ♭<b>E</b>
|-
| • || ♭ || • || ♯ || • || ♭<b>E</b> || • || ♭<b>F</b>
|}<ref>Huynh Sahn Thông: ''An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems'', pp 11-14. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.</ref>
::• = any syllable; ♯ = trắc (sharp) syllable; ♭ = bằng (flat) syllable; ♭<b>A</b> = bằng (flat) syllable with "A" rhyme.
::''♯ and ♭ are used only as handy mnemonic symbols; no connection with music should be inferred.''


In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], the form uses an [[internal rhyme]] scheme that is almost impossible to replicate in [[English language| English]] successfully. As a result, English versions of the form give the first two lines a shared [[tail rhyme]], and turn the last two into a [[Luc Bat|luc bat]] [[couplet]], where the sixth syllable of the third line rhymes with the sixth syllable of the fourth. When linking multiple [[stanzas]] together, the eighth syllable of the fourth line should rhyme with the first two lines of the next stanza.
In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], the form uses an [[internal rhyme]] scheme that is almost impossible to replicate in [[English language| English]] successfully. As a result, English versions of the form give the first two lines a shared [[tail rhyme]], and turn the last two into a [[Luc Bat|luc bat]] [[couplet]], where the sixth syllable of the third line rhymes with the sixth syllable of the fourth. When linking multiple [[stanzas]] together, the eighth syllable of the fourth line should rhyme with the first two lines of the next stanza.

Revision as of 06:08, 21 August 2010

The Song Thất Lục Bát (literally "double seven, six eight") is a Vietnamese form, which consists of a quatrain of two seven-syllable lines, followed by a six-syllable line and an eight-syllable line. Each line requires certain syllables to exhibit a "flat" or "sharp" pitch. Lines and stanzas are linked in a complex rhyme scheme.

• • ♯ • ♭ • ♯A
• • ♭ • ♯A • ♭B
• ♭ • ♯ • ♭B
• ♭ • ♯ • ♭B • ♭C

• • ♯ • ♭C • ♯D
• • ♭ • ♯D • ♭E
• ♭ • ♯ • ♭E
• ♭ • ♯ • ♭E • ♭F
[1]
• = any syllable; ♯ = trắc (sharp) syllable; ♭ = bằng (flat) syllable; ♭A = bằng (flat) syllable with "A" rhyme.
♯ and ♭ are used only as handy mnemonic symbols; no connection with music should be inferred.

In Vietnamese, the form uses an internal rhyme scheme that is almost impossible to replicate in English successfully. As a result, English versions of the form give the first two lines a shared tail rhyme, and turn the last two into a luc bat couplet, where the sixth syllable of the third line rhymes with the sixth syllable of the fourth. When linking multiple stanzas together, the eighth syllable of the fourth line should rhyme with the first two lines of the next stanza.

Examples in Vietnamese include:


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References

  1. ^ Huynh Sahn Thông: An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems, pp 11-14. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
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