In Welsh-language poetry, cynghanedd (Welsh pronunciation: [kəŋˈhaneð], literally "harmony") is the basic concept of sound-arrangement within one line...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, but "his lines chime with internal consonantal correspondence, or cynghanedd, a prescribed feature of Welsh versification". In 1960, American composer...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Welsh grammar, including a section on the sound arrangement known as cynghanedd. Ceiriog's desire to restore simplicity of diction and emotional sincerity...
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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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the strict alliterative metres of traditional Welsh poetry, known as cynghanedd. He was within the Welsh tradition of the bardd gwlad, poets who served...
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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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the late 20th century produced work of a high standard, many of them in cynghanedd. Welsh poets often write under bardic names to conceal their identity...
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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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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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translating the psalms into the strict, traditional Welsh poetic style of cynghanedd, using a variety of metres. In 1595 he published Rhann o Psalmae Dauyd...
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