ภุชงคประยาต

From ภุชงค (pú-chong-ká-, “serpent”) +‎ ประยาต (“gone; vanished; disappeared; etc”); literally "gone like a serpent".

ภุชงคประยาต • (pú-chong-ká-bprà-yâat)

1. (~ฉันท์) a type of the poetic form ฉันท์ (chǎn).

• This type of ฉันท์ (chǎn) is governed by the following rules:
  • Each stanza contains two parts.
  • Each part contains two verses.
  • Each verse contains six syllables:
    • the first and fourth syllables are light (containing short vowels or being open syllables);
    • the others are heavy (containing long vowels or being close syllables);
  • As regards rhyming:
    • the last syllable of the first verse rhymes with the third syllable of the second verse;
    • the last syllable of the second verse rhymes with the last syllable of the third verse; and
    • the last syllable of the fourth verse rhymes with the last syllable of the second verse of the next stanza.
• The syllabic structure of each stanza is represented as follows, with L for a light syllable and H for a heavy one:

• The rhyming structure is as follows: