Dafydd ap Gwilym

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Dafydd ap Gwilym was a 14th-century Welsh poet renowned for his innovative and lyrical cywyddau and love poetry, and is often regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Welsh language.

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instanceOf Welsh poet
person
poet
approximateDateOfBirth early 14th century
approximateDateOfDeath mid 14th century
centuryOfActivity 14th century
countryOfCitizenship Wales NERFINISHED
culturalHeritage Welsh bardic tradition
culturalSignificance central figure in the canon of Welsh literature
describedAs one of the greatest poets in the Welsh language
era Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Welsh people
floruit 14th century
gender male
genre love poetry
nature poetry
satirical poetry
givenName Dafydd NERFINISHED
influenced later Welsh poets
knownFor innovative use of the cywydd metre
lyrical love poetry
vivid nature imagery
languageOfWorkOrName Welsh language
legacy major influence on the development of Welsh lyric poetry
regarded as a national poet of Wales
literaryForm awdl
cywydd
movement medieval Welsh literature
name Dafydd ap Gwilym NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Welsh language
notableWork Cywyddau (Welsh metrical poems) NERFINISHED
occupation poet
placeOfOrigin Ceredigion (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
primarySubjectOf Dafydd ap Gwilym (poetry collections) NERFINISHED
scholarly studies of medieval Welsh poetry
religion Christianity
styleCharacteristic complex internal rhyme and cynghanedd
personal and emotional voice unusual for his period
workPreservationStatus survives mainly in later manuscripts
wroteAbout love
nature
satire of social and religious figures
the Welsh landscape

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