Cadwaladr Cesail ( 1614–1626) was a Welsh poet. Cesail is believed to have lived at Y Gesail Gyfarch, in

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. He wrote

cywydd The cywydd (; plural ) is one of the most important metrical forms in traditional Welsh poetry ( cerdd dafod). There are a variety of forms of the cywydd, but the word on its own is generally used to refer to the ("long-lined couplet") as it is ...

au and englynion to praise or eulogize members of prominent families, such as the Bodwrda family of

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. It is thought at least 27 of Cesail's cywydd poems and nine of his englyn poems may still survive.

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