Thai poetry

rdf:langString Thai poetry

rdf:langString Siang Lue Siang Lao Ang.ogg

rdf:langString Siang Lue Siang Lao Ang, thamnong sano.ogg

rdf:langString Stanza from Inlarat Kham Chan.ogg

rdf:langString Three stanzas from Nirat Phukhao Thong.oga

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Chant in honour of the Dhamma.ogg

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Kap He Ruea, thamnong sano.ogg

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Kap He Ruea.ogg

rdf:langString Three stanzas from Nirat Phukhao Thong, thamnong sano.oga

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Na Hat Sai Chai Thale Haeng Nueng.ogg

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Na Hat Sai Chai Thale Haeng Nueng, thamnong sano.ogg

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Veneration of the Dhamma, thamnong sano.ogg

rdf:langString Unknown

rdf:langString King Chulalongkorn

rdf:langString Phraya Sisunthonwohan

rdf:langString Sunthorn Phu

rdf:langString Chaofa Thammathibet

rdf:langString Chit Burathat

rdf:langString Inlarat Kham Chan , c 1913

rdf:langString Kap He Ruea

rdf:langString Lilit Phra Lo , c 15th–16th centuries

rdf:langString Na Hat Sai Chai Thale Haeng Nueng

rdf:langString Nirat Phukhao Thong

rdf:langString Veneration of the Dhamma

rdf:langString the Nitra Chakrit

rdf:langString สรวมสวัสดิวิชัย เกริกกรุงไกรเกรียงยศ เกียรติปรากฏขจรขจาย สบายทั่วแหล่งหล้า ฝนฟ้าฉ่ำชุ่มชล ไพศรพณ์ผลพูนเพิ่ม เหิมใจราษฎร์บำเทิง...ประเทศสยามชื่นช้อย ทุกข์ขุกเข็ญใหญ่น้อย นาศไร้แรงเกษม โสตเทอญ

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Na Hat Sai Chai Thale Haeng Nueng, read in thamnong sano

rdf:langString Stanza from Lilit Phra Lo, read with regular intonation

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Na Hat Sai Chai Thale Haeng Nueng, read with regular intonation

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Veneration of the Dhamma, read with regular intonation

rdf:langString Stanza from Inlarat Kham Chan

rdf:langString Stanza from Lilit Phra Lo, read in thamnong sano

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Kap He Ruea, read with regular intonation

rdf:langString Three stanzas from Nirat Phukhao Thong, read in thamnong sano

rdf:langString Three stanzas from Nirat Phukhao Thong, read with regular intonation

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Veneration of the Dhamma, read in thamnong sano

rdf:langString Two stanzas from Kap He Ruea, read in thamnong sano

rdf:langString Poetry has been featured extensively in Thai literature, and constituted the near-exclusive majority of literary works up to the early Rattanakosin period (early 19th century). Most of imaginative literary works in Thai, before the 19th century, were composed in poetry. Consequently, although many literary works were lost with the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767, Thailand still has a great number of epic poems or long poetic tales -- some with original stories and some with stories drawn from foreign sources. The Siamese poetical medium consists of five main forms, known as khlong, chan, kap, klon and rai; some of these developed indigenously while others were borrowed from other languages. Thai poetry dates to the Sukhothai period (13th–14th centuries) and flourished under Ayutthaya (14th–18th centuries), during which it developed into its current forms. Though many works were lost to the Burmese conquest of Ayutthaya in 1767, sponsorship by subsequent kings helped revive the art, with new works created by many great poets, including Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855). Prose writing as a literary form was introduced as a Western import during the reign of King Mongkut (1851–68) and gradually gained popularity, though poetry saw a revival during the reign of King Vajiravudh (1910–25), who authored and sponsored both traditional poetry and the newer literary forms. Poetry's popularity as a mainstream form of literature gradually declined afterwards, although it is still written and read, and is regularly employed ceremonially.