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 *''boo-'' = agentive
 *(diminutive redup)
+==Poetry==
+A Tseezh meter is a set number of syllables per line, commonly with a division of each line into (usually two) sub-lines of certain lengths.
+Alliteration is essential in Tseezh poetry; traditionally, one creates a sense of rhythm by using alliteration in certain patterns such as:
+# the beginning syllables of sub-lines, e.g. in the pattern a ... | a ... or a ... | b ... | a ...
+# syllables within lines or sub-lines, e.g. a _ a _ ‖ b _ b _ ‖ c _ c _ ‖ d _ d _
+# the above two may be combined, e.g. a _ a ... | b _ b ... ‖ b _ b ... | c _ c ... ‖ c _ c ... | d _ d ...
+Non-traditional alliteration schemes are used in modern poetry and in whimsical, quasi-Hofstadterian "riddle poems".
+An example of a couplet with 4+4-lines:
+<poem>
+'''''Ts'''als ftjud txeob reodj ‖ '''ts'''op hjaeg jeopng'';
+'''''d'''usp ny mjav pnje, ‖ '''d'''vots lats fjeltjar.''
+</poem>
+"Telegraphic" syntax à la Classical Chinese, i.e. not using classifiers and grammatical particles, is relatively common in "classical" poetry.
 [[Category:Tricin]]
 [[Category:Lakovic languages]]
 [[Category:Languages]]