Awdl Gywydd

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.

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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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Empat Empat

Empat Empat form poetry

Early form of rhyming verse from Malaysia.

Four Four line stanza

Stair case refrain of line 1

Meter:  8 or 10 syllable per line - though I have see it with but 4

Rhyme Scheme   Abab cAca adAd eaeA

Example Poem

Sentry Pup       (Empat Empat)

While set on pause I'm actively alert.

My ears are peaked and will not miss a sound.

I'll rest my head on any shoe or shirt

or artifact of master's that I've found.

Though not so big, or armed with mighty jaws,

while set on pause I'm actively alert.

I hear the flapping crows and hear their caws

and I ignore the sounds that cannot hurt.

I'll sense intruders, stealthy and covert

I am a biological alarm.

While set on pause I'm actively alert.

Protecting all from things that may cause harm.

When not on paws' I'm set with throttle full

to romp with my boy through the grass and dirt,

to chase a ball of find some thing to pull.

While set on pause I'm actively alert.

  © Lawrencealot - March 10, 2013

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