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Forms for Composition
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 Clogyrnach
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Try this easy Welsh syllabic form.
A Clogyrnach is a sestet stanze having lines with counts of eight, eight, five, five, three and three syllables respectively. The two 3 syllable lines may be written as one 6 syllable line if desired. The rhyme scheme is aabbba.
A diagram of one stanza of Clogyrnach goes like this:
xxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxa
xxxxb
xxxxb
xxb
xxa
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Care Worn 1916 (* Draoi-man Brigantes, Mar 22, 2008 - 17:48 ) Clogyrnach (* Flidais Niafer, Mar 4, 2008 - 11:29 ) Triple Clogyrnach (* Caoine Niall, Feb 15, 2007 - 21:28 ) Beautiful! All of Them. (* MacMorna Niafer, Nov 16, 2005 - 22:39 ) Clogyrnach for a Rose (* Flidais Niafer, Nov 16, 2005 - 14:02 ) Wonderful! (* Brynwulf Thorolfsson, Nov 13, 2005 - 23:14 ) Beautiful - and my attempt. (* Liath Caledonii, Nov 11, 2005 - 13:00 ) Fy clogyrnach cyntaf (* Brynwulf Thorolfsson, Nov 10, 2005 - 01:37 ) woman reading (* Aine Cruithni, Feb 8, 2005 - 14:35 ) Verses to Crom and Lugh (* MacMorna Niafer, Aug 6, 2003 - 19:21 ) Love on the page (* Asliann Niall, Aug 6, 2003 - 15:30 )|
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