A Mini-Challenge for Sunday ~ Cyhydedd Hir

Unpronounceable?
Try this: cuh-hée-dedd heer. 

Pembroke Castle, Wales
Manfred Heyde

Yes, this weekend we are visiting Wales, where we will become familiar with one of their many ancient forms of poetic expression.

The basis of Cyhydedd Hir is a single line of 19 syllables, and two rhymes, set out as follows:

x x x x A x x x x A x x x x A x x x B (where x is a single syllable)

However many variations of this pattern are possible.

Couplet:

x x x x A x x x x A 
x x x x A x x x B

Tercet:

x x x x A
x x x x A
x x x x A x x x B

Quatrain:

x x x x A
x x x x A
x x x x A 
x x x B

Further explanation and example: HERE

The final poem should consist of the basic 19 syllable variation repeated four times with new rhymes introduced within each section.

A typical pattern is as follows:

xxxxb
xxxxb
xxxxb
xxxA
xxxxb
xxxxb
xxxxb
xxxA

xxxxc
xxxxc
xxxxc
xxxA  (or D)
xxxxd
xxxxd
xxxxd
xxxA  (or D)

The capital letters denote that the fourth lines contain the weighted or main rhyme.

 Further explanation and example: Here.

This is a form I experimented with a while ago and I have linked a few below as examples.  I had a lot of fun within the parameters, but I have not tried all the variations.

In Your Hands

Questions Fielded 

Sympathy

Prince Charles Quay, Wales
Poet: Ceri Wyn Jones
Photo: Stephen McKay

While looking through images of Welsh poetry, I noticed that many examples are to be found on walls, buildings and memorials.

Poet: Cynan
Photo: Alan Fryer

Quarryman's Memorial
Photo: Eric Jones

The Free Verse theme, therefore, is "Poetry written on Walls".

The Sunday Challenge is posted on Saturday at noon CST to allow extra time for the form challenge. Management reserves the right to remove unrelated links, but invites you to share a poem of your choice on Open Link Monday.

All images sourced at Wikimedia Commons.