Marwysgafn definitions

Marwysgafn

1) Genre of poetry
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Marwysgafn

Marwysgafn is a Welsh term meaning a `deathbed song`. Used by poets when they sense they are close to death, the poet confesses and asks for forgiveness. Marwysgafns were primarily popular during the Poets of the Princes period. ...
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marwysgafn

(Welsh: `deathbed song`), religious ode in which the poet, sensing the approach of death, confesses his sins and prays for forgiveness. The ... [1 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/43

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