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Welsh poetry is connected directly to the bardic tradition, and is historically divided into four periods. [1] The first period, before 1100, is known as the period of Y Cynfeirdd ("The earliest poets") or Yr Hengerdd ("The old poetry").
The traditional Welsh poetic meters consist of 24 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 compiled – and later redefined at least once – in the Late Middle Ages and omit some of the older forms such as the ...
It includes as many minor poets as possible to illustrate the range and content of Welsh poetry throughout the ages. However much early poetry has been lost, and much medieval verse is either anonymous or, usually in the case of mythological poems and prophetic verse, attributed to the 6th-century poet Taliesin or the mythical figure of Myrddin ...
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse presents its poems in the original Welsh without translation, though the introduction and notes are in English. [3] It is an anthology intended for the general Welsh-speaking reader rather than the professional Celticist, and Parry's editorial practice reflects that fact.
The cywydd (IPA: [ˈkəwɨ̞ð]; plural cywyddau) is one of the most important metrical forms in traditional Welsh poetry (cerdd dafod).. There are a variety of forms of the cywydd, but the word on its own is generally used to refer to the cywydd deuair hirion ("long-lined couplet") as it is by far the most common type.
The englyn is found in the work of the earliest attested Welsh poets (the cynfeirdd), where the main types are the three-line englyn milwr and englyn penfyr. [1] It is the only set stanzaic metre found in the early Welsh poetic corpus, and explanations for its origins have tended to focus on stanzaic Latin poetry and hymns; however, it is as likely to be a development within the Brittonic ...
“Look upon the fury of the sea; it has covered Maes Gwyddneu,” a 13th century Welsh poem reads. Local legend says the islands of Maes Gwyddneu were once ruled by a king, according to Simon ...
"Lament for Lleucu Llwyd" (Welsh: Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd) is a Middle Welsh poem by the 14th-century bard Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen in the form of a cywydd.It is his most famous work, and has been called one of the finest of all cywyddau [1] and one of the greatest of all Welsh-language love-poems, [2] comparable with the best poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym. [3]