Sentence examples for free metres from inspiring English sources

Morys wrote during the period when the strict bardic metres were in decline and the free metres of popular poetry were on the rise.

Landmarks of this new development were Edmwnd Prys's metrical version of the Psalms and Rhys Prichard's Canwyll y Cymry (1646 72; "The Welshman's Candle"), both written in so-called free metres.

A great number of publications, popular as well as scholarly, were a product of the revival, which also produced religious verse in free metres, lyrical hymns, popular ballads employing cynghanedd (a complex system of accentuation, alliteration, and internal rhyme), and verse dramas based on historical tales, incidents from the Bible, and Welsh mythology and legend.

The great literary renaissance that followed was marked by T. Gwynn Jones's masterly use of the old strict metres to express modern thought and W.J. Gruffydd's lyrical use of the free metres to express his rebellion against society and his love for the countryside of his youth.

The classicists of the 18th century stood aloof from the Methodist Revival, but religious fervour brought a new articulateness and inspired poets in free metre, especially hymn writers like the preeminent William Williams of Pant-y-celyn and the mystical Ann Griffiths.

He forsook classical prosody for a freer metre and a lively rhythm, reflecting the cadences of natural speech.

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Saints continued to dominate and added a third try when Rhys Oakley broke off a scrum and offloaded to Phil Dowson, whose superb reverse-pass found Artemyev free 20 metres out.

However, with the advent of the Veerashaiva (lit, "brave devotees of the god Shiva") religious movement in the mid-12th century, poets favoured the native tripadi (three-line verse composed of eleven ganas or prosodic units), hadugabba (song-poem) and free verse metres for their poems.

Visiting fly-half Morgan gave Robling a free 40-metre run to the line for the Dragons' second touchdown, the centre intercepting before sprinting away.

And there was the veteran New Zealander, guarding Northampton's line with 12 minutes to go and Leicester leading 6-3, when the Samoan was set free some 40 metres out.