Children’s Rhyme: Cyhydedd hir: Criss the Cat

Pete Criss was a cat
we were fine with that
sitting on his mat
as a cat should

Until one fine day
which one I can’t say
Petey ran away
misunderstood

All the world to see
he wanted to be
able to play free
and now he could

He travelled the land
with drum sticks in hand
and joined a rock band
his life was good

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The cyhydedd hir (not to be confused with the cyhydedd fer) is a Welsh poetic form comprised of quatrains (4-line stanzas).
lines one, two, and three have five syllables
line four has four syllables
lines one, two, and three rhyme with each other
line four of the first quatrain rhymes with line four of the second quatrain

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Weekly Theme:
Welsh Poetry Forms

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