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Cynghanedd vs Awdl - What's the difference?

cynghanedd | awdl |

As nouns the difference between cynghanedd and awdl

is that cynghanedd is the complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-metre poetry while awdl is a long poem written in Welsh using cynghanedd and one of twenty-four strict meters.

cynghanedd

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-metre poetry.
  • * 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess , Faber & Faber 1999, p. 14:
    • Only certain epithets and metaphors were authorized; themes were similarly restricted, metres fixed, and Cynghanedd , the repetitive use of consonantal sequences with variation of vowels, became a burdensome obsession.
  • * Britannica Online Encyclopedia:
    • There are four fundamental types of cynghanedd''''', but within these there are a number of refinements and variations. When skillfully used, '''''cynghanedd is capable of conveying an almost unlimited variety of subtle effects.

    awdl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long poem written in Welsh using cynghanedd and one of twenty-four strict meters.

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