Than-bauk is a Burmese poetry style.

~A Burmese form

~A clever or witty poem

~Three lines, but not necessarily

~Four syllables per line

~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line and second syllable of the third line, which would look like this:

xxxa (final syllable of the 1st line)

xxax

xaxb

xxbx

xbxc

xxcx

xcxx

And so on…