The "Gorhoffedd" is an awdl, a long poem in the traditional metres making use of a sequence of monorhymes. In the first section (or poem) the metre is mostly cyhydedd naw ban, which typically uses lines of nine syllables with four stresses to the line. In the second section (or poem) the metre varies between byr a thoddaid (couplets of ten and six syllables) and cyhydedd fer (couplets of eight syllables per line). One monorhyme is used for lines 1 to 27, a second for lines 28 to 42, a third for lines 43 to 67, and a fourth for lines 68 to 83.
