The rhyme/repetition patterns of யாப்பு, linking letters or words across a line or between lines for musicality. 8 recognized kinds.

Read a Sangam poem aloud and the pleasure you feel before understanding a single word is தொடை at work - pure sound doing its job before meaning arrives.

மோனை, எதுகை, முரண், இயைபு, அளபெடை, அந்தாதி, இரட்டை, செந்தொடை.