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Ṭawīl (Arabic: طويل‎, literally 'long'), or al-Ṭawīl (الطويل), is a meter used in classical Arabic poetry. It comprises distichs (bayt) of two 'lines' (in Arabic usually written side by side, with a space dividing them, the first being called the sadr (صدر, literally "chest") and the other the ʿajuz (عجز, literally "belly"). Its basic form is as follows (the symbol – representing a long syllable, u representing a short syllable, and x representing a syllable that can be short or long): | u – x | u – – – | u – x | u – u – | (2x)This form can be exemplified through the traditional mnemonic Faʿūlun Mafāʿīlun Faʿūlun Mafāʿilun (فَعولُن مَفاعيلُن فَعولُن مَفاعِلُن).

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