Culture and festivals กลอน glawn
poem, verse noun
- glawn mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
กลอนglawn is a poem or verse, and Thai poetry has strict rhyme patterns that run from the end of one line into the middle of the next. Thailand's best-loved poet is Sunthorn Phu, whose birthday, 26 June, is marked in schools as Sunthorn Phu Day. Thai pupils learn poems by heart, ท่องtâwng, and many adults can still recite them. A poet is a กวีgà-wii.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- klon
- glon
- klorn
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