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Definition of Pantoum
1. Noun. A poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantoum
1. a verse form [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantoum
Literary usage of Pantoum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements and Science of English Versification by William Caswell Jones (1897)
"THE pantoum. French poets anxious for something new adopted a Malayan form, the
pantoum. It is not of much practical use, but serves to illustrate the ..."
2. An Introduction to Poetry: For Students of English Literature by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1909)
"... AH INTRODUCTION TO POETRY. ,our Arnaut Daniel, and Kipling's Sestina.
of pantoum (which ... pantoum ..."
3. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"pantoum. (Song in the Malay manner.) The wind brings up the hawthorn's breath,
The sweet airs ripple up the lake : My soul, my soul is sick to death, ..."
4. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, & C. by Gleeson White (1888)
"(pantoum.) Morn and noon and night, Here I lie in the ground ; No faintest glimmer
of light, No lightest whisper of sound. ..."
5. Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6by Lynne R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli by Lynne R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli (2007)
"Today we are going to write some poetry using a scaffold called "The Endless Step
pantoum." We can use this strategy when we create an introduction ..."
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