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 |
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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.
© Lawrencealot – April 24, 2014