Englyn Cyrch
Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Other
Requirement, Stanzaic | |
Description: | | (englin kirch) A quatrain of seven-syllable lines with a
rhyme scheme of aaba and cross-rhyme binding the second couplet through the b-rhyme being echoed somewhere in the third through fifth syllable of the fourth
line. | |
Origin: | | Welsh | |
Schematic: | | xxxxxxa
xxxxxxa
xxxxxxb
xxxbxxa or xxbxxxa or xxxxbxa | |
Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 4 | |
Status: | | Incomplete | |
See Also: | | Dunadh, Englyn Lleddfbroest, Englyn Milwr, Englyn Unodl
Crwca | |
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