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We've had haiku chains and triolet trails, both immensely popular Now, I feel it's time to introduce something new again: the Toddaid Train. So first off, what is a Toddaid? It's an ancient Welsh couplet construct similar to the heroic couplet in that it often tails a stanza, but can also be used independently. It's uncommon for a poem to exist as just a single Toddaid, but quite normal to see it used to form quatrains or sestains. It consists of a 10 syllable verse followed by a nine syllable verse with a crooked rhyme scheme (common in Welsh poetry — see my englynion threads). The blueprint is as below (see x = un-rhymed syllable, letter = rhymed syllable):
x x x x x x x a x x
x x x x a x x x b <-- will echo back to an earlier rhyme
[if chaining]
x x x x x x x b x x
x x x x b x x x c
For the purpose of this game, we'll each write a quatrain constructed from 2 Toddaidau where the A rhyme is the C rhyme of the previous poem.
Does that make sense?
For clarity then, my poem is:
When in the morning with worries I wake—
no matter my slurried sleep—still tired,
I drag my bones through morning's mire; so stiff
to not yet admire the hateful sun.
Your A rhyme will be a rhyme with 'sun'.
x x x x x x x a x x
x x x x a x x x b <-- will echo back to an earlier rhyme
[if chaining]
x x x x x x x b x x
x x x x b x x x c
For the purpose of this game, we'll each write a quatrain constructed from 2 Toddaidau where the A rhyme is the C rhyme of the previous poem.
Does that make sense?
For clarity then, my poem is:
When in the morning with worries I wake—
no matter my slurried sleep—still tired,
I drag my bones through morning's mire; so stiff
to not yet admire the hateful sun.
Your A rhyme will be a rhyme with 'sun'.
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