Yagan (poetic form)

Yagan (; ) is a form of Burmese satirical poem.
Yagan glorifies and praises its subject highly by extremely kicking (satirising or criticising) any other things. Yagan without its characteristics can be called yadu.
Sholaik Yadu and Thagyin have the same general trend of yagan.
Format.
Four to six syllables in a line is allowed. Composition-style is flexible. It mostly uses the way of composition in which its verses cap one another in assonance called "Khwadauk composition" ().
Notable composers and works.
Yagan was first started in the Nyaungyan period, and later developed in the middle Konbaung period.
Among the existing yagans, Mwenon yagan of Shwedaung Nandathu is the oldest one, and Yama yagan of U Toe is the finest and the most popular one.
Extraction of Yama yagan is prescribed to the 11th graders, and the original text is prescribed to Myanmar literature university students.
Other famous yagans are: