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|related=[[Vorinism]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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A '''ketek''' is a form of holy [[Vorin]] poetry which reads the same forward and backward (allowing for changes in verb form), and is also divisible into five sections, each of which also expresses a complete thought. The full poem should be grammatically correct and have a poignant meaning.{{book ref|sa1|endnote}} [[Vorin]] poets tend to weight the middle word and build the poem around it. [[Singer]] poets, the only currently known one being [[El]], weight the poem differently. El intentionally made the last line longer than the rest.{{book ref|sa4|endnote}}
Keteks are a part of multiple Vorin ceremonies. Keteks are written by the female loved ones of the deceased for funerals. Other keteks are traditionally used in funerals. Both kinds of keteks are spoken aloud before being burned by [[Ardent]]s as prayers.{{book ref|sa3|105}} Keteks are also given to a bride on her wedding day after her makeup is finished.{{book ref|sa3|122}}
== Examples ==
<!--[[File:OB Endnote.jpg|thumb|right|240px|A ketek by Jasnah written in the [[women's script]].]]-->▼
[[File:Navani's Ketek glyphs.svg|thumb|right|250px|Navani's ketek, written in glyphs and stylized to represent the meeting of the two storms.]]▼
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|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|A ketek;
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|Alight, winds approach deadly approaching winds alight.
|A ketek by [[Navani Kholin]], describing the meeting of the [[Everstorm]] with a [[highstorm]]{{book ref|sa2|endnote}}
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|You, always about dreams. My soul weeps. Farewell, weeping soul. My dreams . . . about, always, You.
|A ketek by Navani Kholin, mourning the death of
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==Trivia==▼
|Burdens, Our Calling. Songs of Home, a knowledge: Knowing a Home of Songs, called our burden.
The Part titles for books in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' form keteks.▼
|Ketek written by El, Fused scholar of human art forms, to commemorate the restoration of the Sibling{{book ref|sa4|endnote}}
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▲== Trivia ==
* The abbreviated titles of the Stormlight Era 1 books form a ketek like structure but are not a ketek: "TWoK, WoR, O, RoW, KoWT"
== Notes ==
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