Thursday, April 25, 2013

Day 299:

April 25-Mandakranta, Sanskrit/Indian form, typically unrhymed, either with all 4 lines with 17 syllables, or 17/16/17/17. Caesuras broken down by the fourth, and the ninth or tenth syllable. Subjects typically cover mysticism, love, sex, and spirituality.
Mandakranta, seventeen syllables, or mostly so anyway
Broken and split, caesuras are within, describing mysticism
Or love or yet, spirituality. Divide the fourth syllable,
The ninth or tenth, then finish the quatrain, then you have written it well.

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