The Celtic form
TAWDDGYRCH CADWYNOG is a similar form to the
RHUPUNT, the only difference being the rhyme pattern abba and the same for the next stanza rhymes the same abba. The rhyme could change for the next stanzas.
It is also commonplace to join the lines together and end up with the two stanzas making a line each. The following stanzas would do the same and the result is as shown below in the schematic.
Quote:
Schematic:
xxxa
xxxb
xxxb
xxxa
xxxa
xxxb
xxxb
xxxa
OR
xxxaxxxbxxxbxxxa
xxxaxxxbxxxbxxxa
where "x" is the syllable count, "a" & "b" is the rhyme scheme
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Example by
Jan Haag:
#176 Tawddgyrch Cadwynog
Bliss in my heart
by the river
the brown beaver
eyed the green lawn
Bliss was a dart
I still quiver
the leaves shiver
the bird greets dawn
Bliss was a fawn
caught by the wind
as fish are finned
in the water
Bliss is now gone
humans have sinned
their hearts are pinned
to great slaughter