Hexaduad
An Old English poetic form that consists of 2/2/6/6/8/8/4/4/6/6/4/4 syllable line lengths
– a total of 12 lines.
Rhyme Scheme: aabbccddeeff
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Inverted Hexaduad
An Old English poetic form with 2/6/8/4/6/4/4/6/4/8/6/2 syllable line lengths – again, a total of 12 lines.
The first two lines are repeated for the last two lines.
Rhyme Scheme: A1A2bbccddeeA2A1, where A1 and A2 are the refrain lines
Example Poem
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