Hla (Prescribed Poetry)
Hla - eng nge exam-in a zawh?
Prescribed poetry section hian hla (poem/song) a tel a. Mizo hla hi chang (stanza) hrang neiin, a tam zawk chu sak theih turin an phuah ṭhin a, a thusawi ri (rhythm) a ngaihven awm ṭhin. Exam-in a zawh ber: a thupui, a thu milim (imagery), a ri mawina (rhyme/rhythm), leh a chhungril awmzia (emotion). Rokunga chu Mizo hla phuah hmingthang tak a ni a, a hlaahte ram ngaihna leh mihring nun a lang.
Core rules
- Hla chu a changin a awm; chang tin hi a thupui tih zauhna a ni tih hria ang che.
- Thu sawi zel (repetition) hian hla a mawi a, a thu a nemnghet bawk.
- Imagery: 'tlang', 'ruah', 'khawvar' te hi a thu ngeia lo, a rilru (feeling) kawnga hman a ni.
- Direct address: 'ka ṭhian', 'ka nu' tih ang hi a hmangaihna (emotion) tilangtu a ni.
- Chhan dân: device sawi → effect sawi → thupui nên zawm.
- Hla chhiar laiin a ri (rhythm) chhuizui rawh; a ri chuan a thu a chiang zawk ṭhin.
Entirna
Hla chang: 'Tlang mawi a lo êng ta, / Ka thinlung a lo lawm ta.'
Chhan dân: (1) Device: 'a lo … ta' tih thu sawi zel - a ri a mawi a, chang pahnih a inzawm. (2) Imagery: 'tlang mawi a lo êng' - khawvar mawina. (3) Emotion: 'ka thinlung lawm' - a chhungril lawmna. (4) Thupui: siamtu thawh avanga lawmna. Chhan kim: 'Hla hian khawvar mawina leh lawmna a sawi; “a lo … ta” tih thu sawi zel hian a ri a mawi a, a lawmna a tizual.'
Marks hlohna
- Hla thu chauh ziak a, a awmzia sawi loh.
- Rhyme a awm tih sawi a, a thupui nên zawm loh.
- Chang khat atanga thupui pumpui siam chhuak (over-reading).
- Device hming (imagery, repetition) chuang lova sawi.