englyn
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thumb|An on a gravestone in Christ Church, Bala: Dear Price, pure in his diligent service Wide in his knowledge; A man acerbic, fearless and fluent, And thorough in doctrine. '''''' (; plural ) is a traditional Welsh short poem form. It uses quantitative metres, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Each line contains a repeating pattern of consonants and accent known as .
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Within Vinony's link graph, englyn is referenced by 98 other articles, and connects out to poetry, Welsh and Breton.
It is catalogued under topics including Cornish literature, Stanzaic form and Welsh poetry.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- literary genre
- Subclass of
- poem
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Types of {{lang|cy|englynion}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn penfyr}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn unodl union}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn milwr}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn gwastad}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn byr crwca}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn unodl crwca}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn cyrch}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn proest dalgron}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn lleddfbroest}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn proest cadwynog}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn proest cyfnewidiog}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn toddaid}}
- {{lang|cy|Englyn cil-dwrn}}
- Examples
- Breton
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- References
thumb|An on a gravestone in Christ Church, Bala:
Dear Price, pure in his diligent service Wide in his knowledge; A man acerbic, fearless and fluent, And thorough in doctrine. '''''' (; plural ) is a traditional Welsh short poem form. It uses quantitative metres, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Each line contains a repeating pattern of consonants and accent known as .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “englyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.