Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Irish Verse
The Casbiardne (koss búyer-dne) is bruilingeacht, a modified dán díreach, an ancient which uses consonant rhyme and cross internal rhyme.
The elements of the Casbairdne are:
written in any number of quatrains,
syllabic each line has 7 syllables.
composed with L2 and L4 end rhyme and the end words of L1 and L3 consonate with the rhyme of L2 and L4
often written with at least two internal cross rhymes in each couplet. (the 1st couplet near rhyme OK)
composed with 2 words alliterated in each line.
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