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Level 4 · काव्यम्
Poetry & Ornament
Eight classes. Two turns of the verb the classics lean on, then the four great meters, the ornaments, Kālidāsa's opening lines, the nine flavours — and a line of your own that scans.
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These classes assume you can read a śloka on your own and cut a compound apart. If that is not yet true, finish Level 3 · Reading the Classics first. Nothing here is locked.
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When the eight are done
Checkpoint · परीक्षा
Name that meter · spot the ornament · taste the line.
The Poet's Room · कविसभा
Weigh an unseen vasantatilakā, then compose a pāda that scans.
Every exercise these classes use is open at full size in the Practice Room.
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Hear it श्रवणम्
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Let the lines run once before you look at anything. Poetry is heard first — that is the whole reason it is shaped this way.
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Meet it दर्शनम्
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Practise it अभ्यासः
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Nothing here counts against you. Run it again whenever you like.
Run it again
Work the sheet कार्यपत्रम्
The exercises that print for this class, worked here — by hand, by ear, or both.
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Say it वचनम्
Aloud, and slowly enough to feel the heavy syllables land. A meter you have never said out loud is a meter you do not know.
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Keep it धारणम्
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