Awdl
Gywydd
Type:
structure, meter, rhyme, stanzaic.
Description:
Pronounced ‘owdl gow-widd’. Seven syllable quatrains with end rhymes and
couplet binding. Welsh origin.
Schema:
xxxxxxa
xxaxxxb
(a can be 3rd or 4th syllable)
xxxxxxc
xxcxxxb
(c can be 3rd or 4th syllable)
Mid-line
rhymes a and c can be various forms of rhyme but the end of line rhyme b should
be perfect rhyme.
Stanza
Length: quatrain.
Example
Poem
Midnight
Ride When Full of Beer
At the game I took a
chance
then at the dance I
drank more.
After the twelfth
beer of mine
I was supine on the
floor.
They gave me hot
coffee sips
which burned my lips
but woke me
up so I could drink
some more.
and made me sure
want to pee.
After irrigating
long,
the jukebox song
seemed too loud.
I had the bartender
send
beer to a friend in
the crowd.
We both drank more;
both got drunk.
Who would have
thunk? Just on beer?
When the bar closed
I was stoned
so help was phoned,
have no fear.
"You can't
drive. There's not a chance.
The Beerbulance is
waiting.
Along with the
sodden maid
we're all afraid
you're dating."
© Lawrencealot
- February 14, 2013
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