Cyrch a Chwta

Type:	Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic
Description:	(kirch a choota) An octave of seven-syllable lines rhymed aaaaaaba with cross-rhyme of b in the third, fourth, or fifth syllable of line 8.
Origin:	Welsh
Schematic:	Rhyme: aaaaaaba Meter: xxxxxxx xxxxxxa xxxxxxa xxxxxxa xxxxxxa xxxxxxa xxxxxxa xxxxxxb xxbxxxa or xxxbxxa or xxxxbxa
Rhythm/Stanza Length:	8

My thanks to Charles L. Weatherford for his fine Poetrybase resource.

Example Poem

My Tree (Cyrch a Chwta)

My dad went to war, but he

took time first to plant a tree

when I was a baby, wee.

Dad never came back to me,

he perished when I was three.

I learned of him at mom’s knee

That tree gave shade, let me swing.

That’s something dad knew would be.