Pantoum
The pantoum is a rare form of poetry similar to a villanelle. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. This pattern continues for any number of stanzas, until the final stanza, which usually contains the first and third lines of the first stanza as its second and fourth lines. Often, the final stanza's fourth line is the poem's first, and the third line of the poem may or may not appear as the second line of the final stanza. Ideally, the meaning of lines shifts when they are repeated although the words remain exactly the same: this can be done by shifting punctuation, punning, or simply recontextualizing.The pantoum is originally Malayan and is adopted infrequently to English.
As the pontoum is extremely rare in English, one is hard pressed to find good examples.
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deed was done. You didn't take me into your confidence, you know."
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had not intended to get married so soon. We were to have been
for a trip through the South, and I knew it would keep me away
wedding, so I decided, if I could get Mina's consent, to make my
there was no time to lose, and I telegraphed asking her to come on
was in such a nervous state of anticipation I was afraid the folks
before I expected Mina to arrive I ran over to Jersey to spend the
the morning, and I had to catch a train from Jersey a little after
awake nearly all night. Long before the train was due I was down
you suppose I did?"
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and let the train I was so afraid to lose come and go without ever
Labrador, Hubbard and I laughed heartily.
"And was the bride-elect kept waiting?" I asked.
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