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The song thất lục bát (雙七六八, literally "double seven, six eight") is a Vietnamese poetic form, which consists of a quatrain comprising a couplet of two seven-syllable lines followed by a Lục bát couplet (a six-syllable line and an eight-syllable line).
There are two kinds of rhymes in Vietnamese poetry. The first one is called vần giàu (rich rhymes) and the second one is called vần nghèo (poor rhymes). Vần giàu (rich rhymes): when two words have the same final sound and their tones come from the same category. Examples: xanh and cành are rich bằng rhymes (vần bằng giàu).
Khăn vấn is a rectangular textile that is long and quite thick, wrapped tightly around the head. According to the decrees of Nguyễn dynasty written in the Historical chronicle of Đại Nam, the Vietnamese initially remained faithful to the Champa style, but gradually adapted styles to suit needs for each social class.