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Englyn Proest Gadwynog

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement

 
Description: 

(englin proyst gadoynog) This is another quatrain of seven-syllable lines. Lines one and three rhyme. Lines two and four half-rhyme on the vowel. In other words all four lines have the same vowel sound.

 
Origin: 

Welsh

 
Schematic: 
xxxxxxa
xxxxxxv
xxxxxxa
xxxxxxv

a = true rhyme
v = vowel rhyme with a.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
See Also:  

Englyn Lleddfbroest, Syllabic Verse

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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