Tamil Poetry
cir = feet
foot = unit of rhythm, two or more syllables
most common foot (cir) is two acai
acai samples
cir samples
Most common line is four feet, sometimes alternates with lines of two feet
and we mourn
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come dawn
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When the young men don war garments
Do our maidens mourn to see them go?
No, they cry for the widows made
As the ranks of the enemy king
Are torn asunder by the swords and spears