Day 182:

Dec 29-Let’s get back to some Celtic poetry. Clogyrnach, clog-ír-nach, 16th Welsh meter,  Awdl, associated with Cynddelw framed with cyhydedd fer couplet combined with longer form.  rarely used today. features of Clogymach are: stanzaic, written in any number of quintets, combining cyhydedd fer (rhymed couplet of 8 syllable lines) and tercet of 2 5 syllable lines followed by one 6 syllable line of 2 equal parts, 3 syllables each.rhymed, rhyme scheme AABBA. 1st phrase of L5 rhymes with previous line & 2nd phrase rhymes with cyhydedd fer couplet. flexible, L5 of cinquain can be added to end of L4 creating quatrain or broken into 2 separate lines creating a sixain.

x x x x x x x A x x x x x x x A x x x x B x x x x B x x B x x A

x x x x x x x A x x x x x x x A x x x x B x x x x B x x B x x A

x x x x x x x A x x x x x x x A x x x x B x x x x B x x B x x A

A Clogyrnach is Celtic made

Short Cyhydedd and short Toddaid
Internal rhyme here and nothing to fear
Get in gear, close and fade.