Byr a Thoddaid

 What is Byr a thoddaid ??

Byr a thoddaid originated from Welsh , meaning it is a welsh poetic form . This forms contains any number of quarantine stanzas but you can write it as short as just four lines or link it together for as long as you wish . It cosists of two couplets, either of which can appear as the first couplet of stanza .

FORMAT OF BYR A THODDAID :

Each stanza combines one couplet of eight syllable lines a. a. and one couplet where the first line has ten syllables and the second line has six syllables. This couplet is called a toddaid byr.There is no set order for the couplets.In the ten syllable line the main rhyme b. b. is found before the end of the line and the last syllable of that line links the six syllable line by alliteration, assonance or secondary rhyme. Here is the form layout for either variation.

x x x x x x x a

x x x x x x x a

x x x x x x b x x c.

x c x x x b

or

x x x x x x d x x e.

x e x x x d

x x x x x x x f

x x x x x x x f

EXAMPLE : 

Seasons ( by Lenny Roovers ) 

The change of seasons, bare to bloom,

I see pass swiftly from my room;

Fall makes a place for Winter days that come

To numb sun’s last warm rays...

Gently now they kiss our faces

With the last of Autumn’s paces.

Too suddenly they will be gone - then cold

Folds over us; frost’s fun.

Today there is still time to bask

Beneath the hot sun’s golden mask.

Last vestiges of Summer’s final run,

They’re gone at last, to die.

Nature will rejoice and treasure,

Days to come with sun and pleasure.

First snow will reign for many weeks, till Spring

Brings back the warmth man seeks.

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TIPS FOR WRITING Byr a THODDAID :

• The byr a thoddaid is a quatrain (4-line stanza) or series of quatrains .

• The quatrain itself is divided into two combined couplets (2-line stanza) .

• One couplet contains 8 syllables for each line with an aa end rhyme .

• The other couplet contains 10 syllables in the first line and 6 syllables in the second .

• The 10-syllable line of this other couplet has an end rhyme near the end of the line (but not at the end) .

• The 6-syllable line of this other couplet has a link (either rhyme, alliteration, etc.) to the end word of the 10-syllable line and then an end rhyme .

• The couplets can appear in alternating orders .

Enjoy your time writing !!

HUGS !!

WRITTEN  BY : SHREYA (member of TeamPoetReeFoRest )