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#4 Wizards and Bards - Gwawdodyn
Wizards and Bards
In a time long before words were scribed
and kingdoms were little more than tribes,
t'was when wise wizards roamed and crafted tomes,
kings in stone homes sought poetic vibes.
Poet's memories passed on their tales
and thus began the birthright of Wales.
Ancient history prevails.- The Bard ruled!
Students schooled in strict form bore travails.
~~Judi Van Gorder
8 Lines Gwawdodyn
My poem written using a Cyhywedd Naw Ban couplet followed by a Cyhywedd Hir couplet in the first stanza and a Cyhywedd Naw Ban couplet followed by a Toddaid couplet in the second stanza, featuring the gair cyrch.
Gwawdodyn = Cyhywedd Naw Ban followed by a Cyhydedd Hir
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x b x x x x b
x x x b x x x x a
x x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x x c
x x x x d x x x x d
x x x x d x x x c
Or
Gwawdodyn = Cyhywedd Naw Ban couplet followed by a Toddaid couplet. Underlined is the gair cyrch (phrase or word following main rhyme, and separated by caesura. The end rhyme of L3 is echoed in the first half of L4 and can be simply assonance or consonance, it need not be true rhyme.
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x a - x x b x x x b x x x x a
x x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x c- x d x x d x x x x x c
or
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b - x c x x c x x x x x b
x x x x x x x x d
x x x x x x x x d
x x x x x x e - x x f x x x x f x x x e
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