Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht Notes

An Irish form the Cro Cumaisc Etir Ocus Lethrannaigecht, despite its long name, is a four-line quatrain poem. Lines 1 and 3 consist of seven-syllables each and lines 2 and 4 of five-syllables each. Lines 1 and 2 end with a three-syllable word and line 2 and 4 with a one-syllable word. The rhyme scheme is as follows:
abab cdcd efef and so on

Example

October by JezzieG

October, sing devotion
Comforting my soul
Echo my heart’s emotion
Make my spirit whole

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