Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Ancient Irish Verse
Ae Freislighe
The Ae Freislighe (ay Frésh-lee) "lying down poetry" is bruilingeacht, a 7 syllable stanzaic form with alternating 3 syllable and 2 syllable end rhymes.
The elements of the Ae Freislighe are:
written in any number of quatrains,
syllabic, each line has 7 syllables.
alliterated, 2 word alliteration in each line.
terminated, L1 and L3 written with three-syllable end-words and L2 and L4 with two-syllable end-words.
rhymed abab cdcd etc.
written with the defining features of most