tứ tuyệt

Một bài thơ tứ tuyệt được viết trên trang giấy.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A poetic form: A classical Vietnamese and Chinese poetic form consisting of exactly four lines.
   • A specific poem: A complete poem written in this four-line structure. Each line typically has either five or seven syllables, governed by strict tonal and rhyming patterns.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thơ Đường luật có hai thể chính: bát cú và tứ tuyệt. (The regulated verse has two main forms: the eight-line poem and the tứ tuyệt.)
  • Nhà thơ đã sáng tác một bài tứ tuyệt về mùa thu. (The poet composed a tứ tuyệt poem about autumn.)
  • Bài thơ này là một tứ tuyệt thất ngôn. (This poem is a seven-syllable-per-line tứ tuyệt.)

Advanced Usage

• "tứ tuyệt ngũ ngôn": A tứ tuyệt with five syllables in each line.

  • Thơ ngũ ngôn tứ tuyệt rất cô đọng. (The five-syllable tứ tuyệt is very concise.)

• "tứ tuyệt thất ngôn": A tứ tuyệt with seven syllables in each line.

  • Ông thích làm thơ tứ tuyệt thất ngôn hơn. (He prefers writing seven-syllable tứ tuyệt poems.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thơ Đường luật (n): Regulated verse, the broader classical poetic tradition from the Tang dynasty which includes the form.
• Thất ngôn bát cú (n): The seven-syllable, eight-line form, the other major structure of regulated verse.
• Câu thơ (n): A line of poetry.

Synonyms

• Quatrain: The general English term for a four-line stanza or poem. However, specifically implies the classical East Asian regulated form.

Related Terms

• Luật (n): The rules (of tone and rhyme) in regulated verse.
• Niêm (n): The tonal linking between certain lines within the poem's structure.
• Vần (n): The rhyme, which in a typically follows a set pattern across the four lines.