शान्त· Shanta
01एक तिनका
Ek Tinka
Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'
3 verses · ~9 lines · 1 min
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Form · 06 of 15
दोहा
Doha
Two lines, a whole thought.
दो पंक्ति में सारा आकाश।
The doha is a rhymed couplet built to carry one complete idea in a breath. Kabir, Rahim, Tulsidas and Bihari used it for advice, devotion and wit, and many of their lines are still quoted in everyday speech.
- Poems
- 56
- Poets
- 20
- Typical read
- 1.4 min
- Common mood
- Shanta
Anatomy of a doha
Two lines.
Each line breaks into two halves, 13 beats and then 11.
The two lines end on the same sound.
Featured verse
प्रेम न बाड़ी ऊपजै, प्रेम न हाट बिकाय। राजा परजा जेहि रूचै, सीस देइ ले जाय।।
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सवैया
A long, rolling four-line stanza.