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Introduction. xlix.
four strophes, each the equivalent of a line, the final
words of the strophes rhyming in each rami.
Another corranach measure is
(37) P. 1 :
Is fhada o thwgadh dhutsa an ■urram
aig a' Phn'onnsa Tearlach,
a double-stressed M-phrase thrice repeated, with it&
final stress penultimate, followed by a single-stressed
o-phrase with penultimate stress, the whole repeated
four times to form a rann. Or,
4 [3 {Is fhada o thugadh) Tedrlach].
The famous cuniha beginning A chuachag nan craohhr
wrongly ascribed to Wilham Eoss, is of similar
structure, but in it each of the longer lines has its
final stress ultimate.
(38) P. 53 :
Is mòr mo mhulad 's cha lugha m' eislean
ge b'e dh' ejsdeadh rium.
Scheme : 3 ['S mòr mo mhvlad) riùm.
It resembles Caismeachd Ailean nan Sop, but there
each strophe ends on a phrase of three syllables with
ante-penultimate stress.
The following (39-49) are examples of iorraìn^ some
of them being also cumha. All but the last belong to
the seventeenth century. This metre was a special
favourite with lain Lom : —
(39) P. 223 :
A DhomhnuiII an Dùin mhic Ghille-easbuig-
nan tùr
chaidh t' eineach 's do chìiù thar chàch.
This may be described as a strophe consisting of a
double-stressed w-phrase thrice repeated, with final
D