This poem is of the type The Englyn Unodl Union.
Originated from Wales, The Englyn Unodl Union is a syllabic, four-line, three-stanza poem. The first line of each stanza plays a vital role in determining the rhyming scheme of the rest of the stanza.
The structure is: * * * * * * A * * * (The asterisks stand for syllables; A stands for the rhyme scheme, called A-rhyme). The syllables after the A-rhyme are called gair cyrch.
In other words, these are the features of this form:
- The first line has 10 syllables; its 7th syllable becomes the determining rhyme scheme for the rest of the lines in each stanza.
- The second line has six syllables.
- The third and fourth have seven syllables.
- In the line “Most times, we might wait for war, but it’s here, (War, A-rhyme, becomes the rhyme scheme for all the lines in each stanza.
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Your blood-stained letters evoked, memories
That mindless war provoked
Embers of hate fiercely stoked
Cry for peace smothered or choked.
Booming cannons try to strip off friendship
On a nostalgic trip
But the crack of devil’s whip,
Cannot break a friend’s firm grip.
Your unrestrained faith and love, a rainbow
Tells me there’s hope above
Past greys, a land of white doves,
Our friendship – a treasure trove.