Vè
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Vè is a Vietnam
ese poetic form, most typical of northern Vietnam
. It is used primarily in satirical poems, and is also performed with the accompaniment of percussion instrument
s. It is often used to make humorous observations about a certain topic, as a form of social criticism
.
A vè poem consists of rhyming couplet
s, in which the final syllable of every other row rhymes with the final syllable in the next row. The rhyme scheme
is therefore:
The following is an example of vè, in which the words that rhyme are highlighted.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese poetic form, most typical of northern Vietnam
Northern and southern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam are two general regions within Vietnam.Of the two regions, the older is Northern Vietnam, where the Vietnamese culture originated over 2000 years ago in the Red River Delta, though Vietnamese people eventually spread south into the Mekong Delta...
. It is used primarily in satirical poems, and is also performed with the accompaniment of percussion instrument
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
s. It is often used to make humorous observations about a certain topic, as a form of social criticism
Social criticism
The term social criticism locates the reasons for malicious conditions of the society in flawed social structures. People adhering to a social critics aim at practical solutions by specific measures, often consensual reform but sometimes also by powerful revolution.- European roots :Religious...
.
A vè poem consists of rhyming couplet
Couplet
A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.While traditionally couplets rhyme, not all do. A poem may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets with a meter of iambic pentameter are called heroic...
s, in which the final syllable of every other row rhymes with the final syllable in the next row. The rhyme scheme
Rhyme scheme
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme. In other words, it is the pattern of end rhymes or lines...
is therefore:
- xxxa
- xxxb
- xxxb
- xxxc
- xxxc
- xxxd
- etc.
The following is an example of vè, in which the words that rhyme are highlighted.
- Lại truyền ra khắp hết bốn phương,
- Đem bảng dán chư châu thiên hạ.
- Gái nào đành dạ,
- Mà giết đặng chồng.
- Chém lấy đầu đem nạp bệ rồng,
- Vua phong chức Hoàng Tôn quận chúa.