Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Welsh Verse Features of the Welsh Meters Welsh Codified Divisions
Toddaid, todd-eyed is the 19th codified Welsh meter, an Awdl, and an uneven couplet often written in combination with other meters especially the 9 syllable couplet, cyhydedd hir.
The elements of the Toddaid are:
stanzac, written in any number of couplets.
syllabic, L1 is a 10 syllable line and L2 is a 9 syllable line.
rhymed, the main rhyme aa - cc - dd etc.
composed with gair cyrch following the main rhyme and caesura of L1. The gair cyrch end rhyme is echoed i