Editing Cynghanedd (section)

=== ''Cynghanedd draws'' (partial "cross-harmony") ===

Exactly as in ''cynghanedd groes'', except that there are consonants at the beginning of the second half of the line which are not present in the series of 'echoed' consonants. ''Cynghanedd draws'' appears in this line from [[R. Williams Parry]]:

{{quote|''{{font color||yellow|Rh}}ow{{font color||yellow|ch}} we{{font color||yellow|dd}} w'''e'''n /  dan o{{font color||yellow|rch}}u{{font color||yellow|dd}} '''iâ''''' ["place a white face under a veil of ice"]}}

Here the consonant sequence {Rh Ch Dd [stress]} is repeated with different stressed vowels (short ⟨e⟩ and long ⟨â⟩). It will be noticed that the ⟨n⟩ at the end of the first half plays no part in the ''cynghanedd'': the line-final word ''iâ'' instead ends in a vowel; if this word also ended in an ⟨n⟩, there would be generic rhyme between the two words, which is not permitted in ''cynghanedd''.

Note that the {D N} of the second half of the line is also not part of the ''cynghanedd'': this is the difference between ''cynghanedd groes'' and ''cynghanedd draws''. There may be any number of unanswered consonants in this part of the line, as long as the initial sequence of consonants and accent is repeated; compare an extreme possibility in a line of [[Dafydd ap Gwilym]]'s [[The Girls of Llanbadarn]], where only one syllable is repeated:

{{quote|''{{font color||yellow|Pl}}'''a''' / ar holl ferched y {{font color||yellow|pl}}'''wy'''f!'' ["A plague on all the girls of the parish!"]}}

(Words beginning with ⟨h⟩ are treated as beginning with a vowel.)