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Cyhydedd Naw Ban

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

(cuh-hée-dedd naw ban or cuh-huh'-death now bawn) This type of poem is composed of nine-syllable lines with adjacent rhyme. The poet can have two or more adjacent lines with the same rhyme. A stanza may have two or more lines and may have multiple rhymes.

 
Origin: 

Welsh

 
Schematic: 
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Status: 

Incomplete

 

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