Poetry Form: Doha

Doha, sort of sounds like a doughnut or something, but it’s actually a form. Let’s look at it. I dare you to write one!

Origin: Hindi
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What’s it all about?

• The doha is a self-contained rhyming couplet. Lines are 24 syllables divided into unequal parts of thirteen (6,4,3). and eleven (6,4,1).
• Conveys an image or idea.