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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

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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