• In Welsh-language poetry, cynghanedd (Welsh pronunciation: [kəŋˈhaneð], literally "harmony") is the basic concept of sound-arrangement within one line...
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  • features in the Welsh cynghanedd poetic forms. The following short poem by Robert Graves is a demonstration in English of the cynghanedd groes form, in which...
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    Each line contains a repeating pattern of consonants and accent known as cynghanedd. The englyn is found in the work of the earliest attested Welsh poets...
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    eisteddfod of bards (as they were in olden times), to reprimand false cynghanedd, to explain the difficult things, and to confirm what is correct in the...
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  • an awdl (pronounced [ˈau̯dl̩]) is a long poem in strict metre (i.e. cynghanedd). Originally, an awdl could be a relatively short poem unified by its...
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    repetitive ceremonial songs. These carols featured complex poetry based on cynghanedd, some were sung to English tunes, but many used Welsh melodies such as...
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  • meter, called Y Pedwar Mesur ar Hugain in Welsh. They are all written in cynghanedd of varying degrees of complexity. Although called "traditional," they...
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  • Llansannan, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych). He is regarded as a master of cynghanedd. It is uncertain when Tudur Aled started to write poetry. A remark by...
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    syllables of words. Gerald could not have predicted the later perfection of cynghanedd, the complex system of sound correspondence that has characterised the...
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    General Eisteddfod Noson Lawen Twmpath Folk song Cerdd Dant Cymanfa Ganu Cynghanedd Men's chorus Instruments Crwth Fiddle Flute Pibgorn Triple harp Tabwrdd...
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  • awarded to the best awdl, a long poem that follows the conventions of cynghanedd regarding stress, alliteration and rhyme. Metre has been applied in Hungarian...
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  • Welsh ale or beer cwtch hug, cuddle, small cupboard, dog's kennel/bed cynghanedd eisteddfod broad cultural festival, "session/sitting" from eistedd "to...
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  • counter-argues that it is a 'difficult enterprise' to find traces of cynghanedd (consonant harmony) or cerdd dafod (tongue-craft) in Thomas's poetry....
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  • of seven-syllable lines in rhyming couplets, with all lines written in cynghanedd. One of the lines must finish with a stressed syllable, while the other...
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    competition for the "awdl", poetry written in a strict metre form known as cynghanedd. It is possible for the chair to be withheld, if the standard of entries...
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    near St Asaph. The poetic forms of Welsh literature and particularly cynghanedd, with its emphasis on repeating sounds, accorded with his own style and...
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    General Eisteddfod Noson Lawen Twmpath Folk song Cerdd Dant Cymanfa Ganu Cynghanedd Men's chorus Instruments Crwth Fiddle Flute Pibgorn Triple harp Tabwrdd...
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    dragon will show the way"). This motto is in the strict poetic metre of cynghanedd. The Welsh Dragon on a trig point at Twyn y Gaer hill fort, Mynydd Illtud...
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  • Welsh, but "his lines chime with internal consonantal correspondence, or cynghanedd, a prescribed feature of Welsh versification". In 1960, American composer...
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    been credited for popularizing the meter form known as “cynghanedd.” The continued use of cynghanedd and cywydd by Welsh poets after Dafydd’s active years...
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