100 Forms of Poetry: Byr a Thoddaid

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I didn’t know there were so many! https://medium.com/@lateisha/100-poetry-forms-to-prepare-you-for-napowrimo-or-poem-a-day-challenges-642de9a95e80 For this one I used Option 1

Sunshine

Sunshine comes when we need it most
From mountains to the Ivory Coast
Even on days of rain some sun shines through
Gray hue clouds are undone

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Here are the rules:

  • The byr a thoddaid is a quatrain (4-line stanza) or series of quatrains
  • The quatrain itself is divided into two combined couplets (2-line stanza)
  • One couplet contains 8 syllables for each line with an aa end rhyme
  • The other couplet contains 10 syllables in the first line and 6 syllables in the second
  • The 10-syllable line of this other couplet has an end rhyme near the end of the line (but not at the end)
  • The 6-syllable line of this other couplet has a link (either rhyme, alliteration, etc.) to the end word of the 10-syllable line and then an end rhyme
  • The couplets can appear in alternating orders

Option 1:

xxxxxxxA
xxxxxxxA
xxxxxxxBxc
xcxxxB

Option2:

xxxxxxxAxb
xbxxxA
xxxxxxxC
xxxxxxxC

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