Pantun

Pantun

The pantun is a Malay poetic form. The pantun originated as a traditional oral form of expression. The 1st examples to be recorded appear in the 15th century in the Malay Annals and the Hikayat Hang Tuah. The most common theme is love.
This alludes to the foundation of Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles. The last line means a girl who is protected by a powerful man and Sim suggests this may refer to Raffles' wife Olivia.
Sometimes a pantun may consist of a series of interwoven quatrains, in which case it is known as a pantun berkait. This follows the abab rhyme scheme with the 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza becoming the 1st and 3rd lines of the following stanza. Finally, the 1st and 3rd lines of the 1st stanza become the 2nd and 4th lines of the last stanza, usually in reverse order so that the 1st and last lines of the poem are identical. This form of pantun has exercised the most influence on Western literature where it is known as the pantoum.

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