Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Irish Verse Forms
Deachnadh Cummaisc and Deachnadh Mor is an ancient form defined by the use of consonant rhyme, . (easier said than done.)
The elements of the Deachnadh Cummaisc are:
written in any number of quatrains.
syllabic 8-4-8-4 or 8-4-4-8
written with consonance rhyme (rhyming the first or last consonant of the line only. (vowel sounds should not be rhymed.) abab cdcd etc
usually written with 2 syllable end words.
when L3 is written with a 2 syllable end word, aicill rhyme is employe