Poems in Malay

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

Syair (Jawi: شعير) is a form of traditional Malay (also Brunei and Malaysian) poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas or quatrains. The syair can be a narrative poem, a didactic poem, a poem used to convey ideas on religion or philosophy, or even one to describe a historical event.

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267x267px|right|thumb|Gurindam #11-12 traditional Malay poetry in Penyengat Island of Indonesia 265x265px|right|thumb|Gurindam 12 of Raja Ali Haji in Tanjung Pinang monument Gurindam (Jawi: ڬوريندام) is a type of irregular verse form of traditional Malay poetry. It is a combination of two clauses where the relative clause forms a line and is thus linked to the second line, or the main clause. Each pair of lines (stanza) provides complete ideas within the pair and has the same rhyme in its end. There is no limit on the number words per line and neither the rhythm per line is fixed.

1847 poem written by Raja Ali Haji