The Welsh RHUPUNT poem (pronounced RHEE-pint) is a syllabic line of three to five tetrasyllabic (4 syllables) sections. It is sometimes presented as stanzas (tercets, quatrains, quintets) rather than one line. The main rhyme (aaab, cccb, dddb, eeeb) can change after two or more lines.



Example from Unknown Author:

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A new Rhupunt?
May I be blunt?
How could I shunt
The proper word?

To follow rules
Not taught in schools
Like haunted ghouls
Is quite absurd.

This rhyming scheme
To some may seem
A poet’s dream
But they have erred.

A tetra line
Or two is fine
Like sweet red wine
But try a third!

The constant rhyme
Time after time
Makes one a mime
A wordless nerd.

You stare to space
And try to place
And interlace
What you have heard.

You write it wrong,
One word too long,
“His head!” the song
the wrath incurred.

This doleful form
Is not my norm,
I’m feeling warm
My tongue is slurred.

If Welsh is in
Then I must sin
I’ll simply grin,
Fly like a bird.

A style that’s free
Is more for me,
So let me be
Lest I get burred.