(gwow DOD in) A syllabic form that can go in two ways.
Either way it consists of a syllabic quatrain where all lines except the third are nine syllables and monorhymed. The third line is ten syllables and has a
separate rhyme that may be internal (fifth and tenth syllable) or cross-rhymed with the fourth line (seventh through the ninth syllable of third line
cross-rhymes with third through the fifth in fourth line).
Origin:
Welsh
Schematic:
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxbxxxxb
xxxxxxxxa
or
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxbxxx (Syllable 7 to 9)
xxxbxxxxa (Syllable 3 to 5)