Hir a Thoddaid
Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | |
Description: | | A syllabic sestet where all lines except the fifth are nine
syllables and monorhymed. The fifth line is ten syllables and has a separate rhyme that is cross-rhymed with the sixth line (seventh through the tenth
syllable of fifth line cross-rhymes with fourth through the sixth in sixth line). | |
Origin: | | Welsh | |
Schematic: | | xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxxa
xxxxxxbxxx (a syllable between 7 and 10)
xxxbxxxxa (a syllable between 4 and 6) | |
Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | |
Status: | | Incomplete | |
See Also: | | Byr A Thoddaid, Gwawdodyn Hir, Sestet | |
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