rhupunt

rhupunt

also spelled  rhupynt 

      one of the 24 metres of the Welsh bardic (bard) tradition. A rhupunt is a verse composed of three, four, or five four-syllable sections linked by cynghanedd (an intricate system of accentuation, alliteration, and internal rhyme) and rhyme. In a four-section verse, the first three sections are made to rhyme with one another, and the fourth section is made to rhyme with the fourth of the next verse. The whole is written as a single line or is divided into as many lines as it has rhyming sections.

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  • rhupunt — noun /ˈriːˌpɪnt/ A type of Welsh verse composed of four four syllable sections in which the first three sections rhyme with each other and the fourth section rhymes with the fourth section of the next verse …   Wiktionary

  • rhupunt — rhu·punt …   English syllables

  • rhupunt — ˈrēˌpint noun ( s) Etymology: Welsh : a Welsh verse composed of three, four, or five four syllable sections linked by cynghanedd and rhyme, the first three sections made to rhyme with each other and the fourth section to rhyme with the fourth of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Traditional Welsh poetic metres — The traditional Welsh poetic meters consist of twenty four different types of poetic meter, called Y Pedwar Mesur ar Hugain in Welsh. They are all written in cynghanedd of varying degrees of complexity. Although called traditional, they were… …   Wikipedia

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