Definition

Noun: - Prosody; rules of tonal and rhyming correspondence: The set of formal rules governing the structural patterns in classical Vietnamese and Chinese poetry, particularly "Đường luật" (Regulated Verse). These rules dictate the obligatory tonal (bằng/trắc - level/oblique) and rhyming correspondences between specific lines within a stanza.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bài thơ Đường luật này vi phạm niêm luật. (This Regulated Verse poem violates the prosodic rules.)
  • Cụ đồ già am hiểu sâu sắc về niêm luật thơ cổ. (The old scholar has a deep understanding of the prosodic rules of classical poetry.)
  • "Nhất, tam, ngũ bất luận; nhị, tứ, lục phân minh" là một phần quan trọng của niêm luật. ("The first, third, and fifth characters are flexible; the second, fourth, and sixth are distinct" is an important part of prosodic rules.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in the context of scholarly analysis or composition of classical poetic forms, such as (Regulated Verse) or (rhymed prose). It represents a fixed, technical system rather than a general guideline.

Variants and Related Words

• Luật thơ (n): poetic rules; a broader term for the rules of a specific poetic form.
• Đối (n/v): antithesis; a key compositional requirement in Regulated Verse, often governed by .
• Bằng trắc (n): the level and oblique tones; the tonal system regulated by .

Synonyms

• Prosodic rules
• Rules of versification
• Poetic formalism (in context)

Related Concepts

• Niêm: The specific act of "sticking" or creating tonal correspondence between lines (e.g., line 1 with line 8, line 2 with line 3 in an eight-line poem). is the codified law of .
• Thất niêm: A breach of the tonal correspondence rules, considered a formal error in classical poetry.

noun

1. prosody