Day 298:
April 24-Sloka, from India, 2 hemistiches(16) or broken down into 4 lines(pada)of 8 syllables. Any number of phrases, alternate trochaic(stressed, unstressed) and iambic(unstressed, stressed) cadence, not necessary to rhyme.

The Sloka is from India

Padas, alternate syllables
Iambic, Trochaic cadence
Four lines, eight sounds, couplets sixteen.