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Englyn unodl crwca, én-glin éen-oddle crewc (crooked short one rhyme englyn) the 4th codified Official Welsh Meter, an Englyn,, is the structural reverse of Englyn unodl union which is far more popular. The englyn unodl crwca is rarely used.
The elements of the Englyn unodl crwc are:
stanzaic, written as any number of quatrains,
syllabic, 7-7-10-6 syllable per line.
rhymed, mono rhymed. In L3 the main rhyme is found in the last half of the line followed by caesura