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Posted By: GUEST,Joe MacGillivray (Nova Scotia)
24-Oct-21 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Irish/Welsh Ancient Poetic Structures
Subject: Folklore: Irish/Welsh Ancient Poetic Structures
Hi everyone. I just saw the recent thread on Limericks. I have an interest in ancient Celtic Poetic structures, andI have self-studied and written in types of formatting. Most resources will quote Irish and Welsh structural formats. A favourite of mine is the Irish Treochair. It’s based around three phrase stanzas like a triad. The first and third lines have five syllables which often “rhyme” and the second line with three syllables. They are often nature based verses. I have put some into folk song. I’m wondering about Ancient poet fans here and a discussion on these various format structures.