Wednesday, November 28, 2012


Day 151:


Nov 28-Tawddgyrch Cadwynog, one of the Celtic Awdl forms. written in any number of quatrains. Each quatrain can become one line, or 2 lines. syllabic, of 4 syllable lines. rhymed, rhyme scheme ABBC. chained, last word of the stanza is 1st word of  next stanza. an alternative frame is that this meter can be written similar to rhupunt in a single line that can be flexible and include 3, 4 or 5 sections of 4 syllables each rather than be limited to only 4 sections or the quatrain as shown above. XXXAXXXBXXXBXXXA

XXXAXXXBXXXBXXXA. Can be broken down into various lines.
Cadwynog here, Tawddgyrch for you; Four lines to d, syllables cheer
Count four, you’re near, here is a clue; ab’s the glue, reverse, you’re clear!

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