Cyhydedd Fer Notes

March 4, 2023March 2, 2023 ~ JezzieG

A Welsh couplet form composed of 8-syllable lines and an end rhyme. Unusually for a Welsh poetic form, it is as simple as that. The couplets can be written as individual stanzas or packed together into longer even lined stanzas

Rhyme scheme aa bb cc dd and so on

Example

Rapture in Twilight by JezzieG

They called you Ra so long ago
Reborn each day in cosmic glow

From longest day to shortest night
I see your rapture in twilight

And does the earth now mourn with me
For you are gone so others see

Your golden clouds that gently wake
Your sleeping children at daybreak

My king of light and all things true
I pray their souls will honour you

Published by JezzieG

I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry. View all posts by JezzieG