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Friday, 6 March 2009

Cyhydedd Fer



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

xxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxa

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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