luật thơ
Definition
Noun: * Poetic rules, poetic meter, prosody: The set of formal rules and conventions that must be followed when composing a poem in a specific poetic form. These rules govern aspects such as rhyme scheme, tonal pattern, line length, and stanza structure.
Usage
- "Luật thơ" is a compound noun. It is used to discuss the technical structure and formal requirements of traditional Vietnamese or classical poetic forms.
- It is often studied in literature classes or by poets to understand and correctly compose regulated verse.
Examples
- (To write Tang poetry, you need to master the prosodic rules of the Tang poetic form.)
- (This poem is beautiful, but it has broken the poetic rules.)
- (He is researching the prosody of the verse form.)
Advanced Usage
- "theo đúng luật thơ": to follow the poetic rules correctly.
- Bài thơ được sáng tác theo đúng luật thơ cổ. (The poem was composed in strict accordance with ancient prosodic rules.)
- "phá vỡ luật thơ": to break/violate the poetic rules (often for creative effect).
- Nhà thơ hiện đại đôi khi phá vỡ luật thơ để tạo sự mới mẻ. (Modern poets sometimes break poetic conventions to create novelty.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thể thơ (n): Poetic form, verse form (e.g., , ). This refers to the type of poem, while "luật thơ" refers to the rules of that type.
- Vần thơ (n): Rhyme in poetry.
- Nhịp thơ (n): Rhythm, meter in poetry.
- Niêm (n): A specific rule in poetry regarding the tonal correspondence between certain lines.
- Đối (n): Parallelism, a rule in some poetic forms requiring semantic or syntactic parallelism between lines or couplets.
Synonyms
- Quy tắc thơ: Poetic rules.
- Phép làm thơ: The method/rules of poetry composition.
Related Terms (No direct phrasal verbs or idioms)
- Thơ Đường luật: Tang regulated verse (a form with very strict "luật thơ").
- Thơ tự do: Free verse (a form that typically does not follow a fixed "luật thơ").