Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced
ছন্দ
/chhando/Roman
English meaning: Metre / Rhythm (in poetry)
Definition
The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse. Bengali poetry employs a rich variety of metres — Payar (rhyming couplets), Mahapabar, and Tagore's revolutionary introduction of free verse (amitrakshara chhanda) transformed Bengali poetic form.
Example
“রবীন্দ্রনাথ বাংলা কবিতায় নতুন ছন্দের প্রবর্তন করেছিলেন।”
In English: “Rabindranath introduced new metres to Bengali poetry.”
Literary Heritage
“সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।”
/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./
“Literature is the mirror of the human mind.”
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