Chaupai (poetry)


A chaupai is a quatrain verse of Indian poetry, especially medieval Hindi poetry, that uses a metre of four syllables.
Famous chaupais include those of poet-saint Tulsidas .
Chaupai is identified by a syllable count 16/16, counted with a value of 1 in case of Hrasva and 2 in case of Dhirga.

Examples

Some of the famous 40 chaupais ;