CYWYDD


Meaning of CYWYDD in English

ˈkəˌwith noun

( plural cywydd·au kəˈwəˌthī)

Etymology: Welsh

1. : a Welsh verse form in couplets or occasionally triplets with rhyme and cynghanedd ; especially : verse consisting of couplets of 7-syllable lines with varying cynghanedd and terminal rhyme that falls alternately on accented and on unaccented syllables

2. : a poem written in cywydd

found among his loose papers … the autograph of a Welsh poem, a cywydd by Hopkins himself — W.H.Gardner

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