Tawil

Tawil (Arabic: طويل‎), or al-tawil (الطويل), is a compound meter used in classical Arabic poetry.

Its form is as follows (the letter L representing a long syllable and S representing a short syllable):

S L L | S L L | S L L | S L L |
S L L | S L L | S L L | S L L |

It is often used alongside another meter called basit (بسيط).

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