Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Irish Verse
The Breccbairdne is oglachas, a casual imitation of dán díreach. The Breccbairdne requires that all end words are 2 syllables.
The elements of the Breccbairdne are:
written in any number of quatrains.
syllabic, L1 is 5 syllables and L2,L3,L4 are 6 syllables each.
rhymed xaxa xbxb etc x being unrhymed.
all end-words are 2 syllables each.
written with cywddydd (harmony of sound) and dunadh (ending the poem with the same word, phrase or line with which the poem began).
x x x (x x)
x x x x (x a)
x x x x (x x) x x x x (x a)
Easy to Please by Judi Van Gorder
Faces of children
from different places
will wiggle with giggles
to make funny faces.