Cyhydedd Hir: A syllabic verse form in ancient Welsh poetry. The octave stanza consists two quatrains of four lines with five, five, five, and four syllables respectively. The rhyme scheme is aaax aaax, with X's indicating unrhymed lines. See octave and rhyme.

 

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