Tawddgyrch Cadwynog
Type: | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic |
Description: | (TOWDD-girch ca-DOY-nog) This is a Welsh line form consisting of three to five sections of tetrasyllabic verse with abbc or abba rhyme that continues into the next line. |
Origin: | Welsh |
Schematic: | xxxa xxxb xxxb xxxc Or: xxxa xxxb xxxb xxxa The scheme follows through at least two lines, then can change. |
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This form consists of stanzas of usually four, lines, of four syllables: A. B. B. A.
Like the Rhupunt, it is common to join the lines together and end up with the two stanzas making a couplet.
X X X A X X X B X X X B X X X A.
X X X A X X X B X X X B X X X A.
In subsequent stanzas the rhyme may change, but not the pattern, C. D.D. C. and so on.
Pasted from http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/welsh/tawd.html
Many thanks to John Clitheroe for his work on the PoetsGarret site.