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Poem is one kind of long poems were very widely known languages ​​of the archipelago. Poem comes from the word patuntun in Minangkabau language which means "petuntun". In the Java language, for example, is known as parikan, in Sundanese known as paparikan, and in Batak language known as umpasa

Typically poem consisting of four lines (or four lines when writing), each row consists of 8-12 syllables, rhyming end to the pattern of a-b-a-b and a-a-a-a (not to be a-a-b-b, or a-b-b-a). Poem was originally an oral literature but is now also found the poem was written. Another hallmark of a poem is a poem there is no author's name. This is because the spread rhyme done orally.

All forms of the poem consists of two parts: sampiran and content.
Sampiran are the first two lines, often associated with nature (characterizing the agrarian culture of supporters), and usually do not have a relationship with a second part that convey meaning other than to deliver a rhyme / poem. The last two lines is the content, which is the purpose of the poem.