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Cyrch a chwta, kirch-a-chóo-tah (two rhyme a chwta), the 23rd codified ancient Welsh Meter, an Awdl is thought to be Einion Offeiriad's invention, and was rarely used.
The elements of the Cyrch a chwta are:
stanzaic, written in any number of octaves made of a monorhymed sixain and an Awdl gywydd couplet.
heptasyllabic, 7 syllables per line.
rhymed, rhyme scheme aaaaaaba with the end syllable of L7 echoed somewhere in the early part of the L8.
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