cywydd
noun
cyw·ydd
| \ ˈkəˌwit͟h\
plural cywyddau\ kəˈwəˌt͟hī \
Definition of cywydd
1
: a Welsh verse form in couplets or occasionally triplets with rhyme and cynghanedd
especially
: verse consisting of couplets of 7-syllable lines with varying cynghanedd and terminal rhyme that falls alternately on accented and on unaccented syllables
2
: a poem written in cywydd
found among his loose papers … the autograph of a Welsh poem, a cywydd by Hopkins himself— W. H. Gardner
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