#23 The Cyrch a chwta

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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:

1. stanzaic, written in any number of octaves made of a monorhymed sixain and an Awdl gywydd couplet.
2. heptasyllabic, 7 syllables per line.
3. rhymed, rhyme scheme aaaaaaba with the end syllable of L7 echoed somewhere in the early part of the L8.

   x x x x x x A x x x x x x A x x x x x x A x x x x x x A x x x x x x A x x x x x x A x x x x x x B x x B x x x A (B can shift position slightly)

   Neud esgud un a/idysgo Nid cywraint ond a'i caro, Nid mydrwr ond a'i medro, Nid cynnil ond a'I pyncio, Nid pencerdd ond a'I pyncio, Nid gwallus ond a golo Natur ei iaithm nid da'r wedd;                   Nid rhinwedd ond ar honno.             Goronwy Owen

   Due Tomorrow by Judi Van Gorder Headlines hang over my head, each day something new is bred, bills and taxes seem to spread, I seek fun to do instead. Daily chores become best shed, work documents read and shred. Is there no end to this toil? That's the coil, then I'd be dead.