Traditional Welsh poetic metres
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Traditional Welsh poetic meters consist of twenty four different types of poetic meter. They are all written in cynghanedd.
The twenty four traditional Welsh poetic meters are:
- Awdl-gywydd
- Byr-a-thoddaid
- Cadwynfyr
- Clogyrnach
- Cyhydedd fer
- Cyhydedd hir
- Cyhydedd nawban
- Cyrch-a-chwta
- Cywydd deuair fyrion
- Cywydd deuair hirion: see Cywydd
- Cywydd llosgyrnog
- Englyn proest cyfnewidiog
- Englyn proest cadwynog
- Englyn unodl crwca
- Englyn undol union: see Englyn
- Gorchest beirdd
- Gwawdodyn byr
- Gwawdodyn hir
- Hir-a-thoddaid
- Rhupunt byr
- Rhupunt hir
- Rhupunt hwyaf
- Tawddgyrch cadwynog
- Toddaid