pan·toum (p n-t m )n. A verse form composed of quatrains in which the second and fourth lines are repeated as the first and third lines of the following quatrain. [French, from Malay pantun, verse composed using metonymy.] |
pantoum [pænˈtuːm]
n
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a verse form consisting of a series of quatrains in which the second and fourth lines of each verse are repeated as the first and third lines of the next
[via French from Malay pantun]
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