Cynghanedd vs Awdl - What's the difference?
cynghanedd | awdl |
(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:
* Britannica Online Encyclopedia:
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)- 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.
- 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.
