Type: Metric; Rhyme; Isosyllabic.
Description: Welsh in origin the cyhydedd fer is comprised of rhyming octosyllabic couplets, ideally iambic tetrameter though not essentially so.
Schematic
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Example: As Children Sleep by Jem Farmer
A peace descends as children sleep,
when mother sighs, her soul to keep,
The precious times recall the day,
with wine and love, a father's way.
© Jem Farmer 2008, all rights reserved.
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