Poems in Indonesian

Pantun (Jawi: ) is a Malayic oral poetic form used to express intricate ideas and emotions. It generally consists of an even number of lines and is based on \mathrm{ABAB} rhyming schemes. The shortest consists of two lines, known as the in Malay, while the longest, the , can have 16 lines. is a disjunctive form of poetry that always comes in two parts: the first part is a prefatory statement called or which has no immediate logical or narrative connection with the second or closing statement called or . However, they are always connected by rhyme and other verbal associations, such as puns and