~We’ve reached the final week~
~of the 52-Form Challenge!~
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Meet the Cyrch a Chwta
It’s both fitting and fortunate that the final form of this challenge is a Welsh one. Way back in June of 2019 (what seems like a lifetime ago. Thanks, COVID!) I featured the Gwawdodyn in my very first post. I’m never shy about picking favorites, and I find the poetic forms from Wales and Ireland a true delight to the ear and the soul. There are many similarities between the forms of these Celtic nations (alliteration, intricate rhyme schemes, tongue-twisting names) and these forms, with their lively musicality, are always a joy to work with. Other Welsh forms included in this challenge were: the Cywydd llosgyrnog (Week 8), and the Clogynarch (Week 21).
Key Features of the Cyrch a Chwta
Structure: Features any number of eight-line stanzas (octets)
Rhyme:
– Lines 1 through 6 and 8 share an end rhyme
– Line 8 features an internal cross-rhyme with line 7 at syllable 3, 4, or 5
Syllables: Seven syllables per line
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An Original Cyrch a Chwta
Catching Comets (NEOWISE C2020)
See the comet NEOWISE
streaming its tail as it flies.
While it may take a few tries—
You’ll need clear northwestern skies—
It is large enough in size
To see with unaided eyes.
Catch it better on the wing
With something that magnifies.
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Want to Learn More? Start Here:
Cyrch A Chwta Poems – Writer’s Digest
Cyrch a Chwta – Poets Collective
Cyrch a chwta – Poetry Magnum Opus
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Dear Sir,
Please find herein under an article on Poetic Form ‘Haiku Sonnet’ fits in Zikorean Structure
for your kind perusal please.
Regards,
P K Roy
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The poet named David Marshall guided the basic premise of the haiku sonnet;
it’s said four 3-liner haiku plus a couplet of either 5 or 7 syllables adds up to 14 lines,
the same number of lines also found in a sonnet.
The guidance further states as under:
-Begins with a sequence of four tercets with a syllable count of 5-7-5
– Ends with a couplet with a syllable count of either 5 or 7 syllables per line
-No meter and unrhymed.
If last line of the Haiku Sonnet is composed of 5 syllables ( not seven syllables), the sonnet perfectly fits in the Zikorean structure especially of a Zikelite (two or more than two Zikets).
A Ziket has two poetic lines, the first line should contain 1 to 8 syllables and the second line should be of 1 to 5 syllables or vice versa. Ziket can be written in unrhymed or rhymed poetry.
An example is as under:
Normalcy
That little girl was
very excited to hear;
the school will reopen;
From tomorrow it
will start functioning normal;
It is a long time.
After dreaded lock
down, the normalcy returns;
She’ll not attend class.
Her destiny didn’t
allow to go to a school;
She can’t read even;
She’d now sell flowers
at traffic signal.
~X~
Reference::
https://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/haiku-sonnet-poetic-form
https://adamoftheuniverse.poetry.blog/2019/09/12/week-sixteen-the-haiku-sonnet/https://allpoetry.com/topic/269076212-Zikorean-literature-Structural-Limitations-
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