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Introduction.
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four strophes, each the equivalent of a line, the final
words of the strophes rhyming in each rann.
Another corranach measure is
(37) P. 1:
Is fhada o thwgadh dhutsa an wrram
aig a’ Phrionnsa Tearlach,
a double-stressed w-phrase thrice repeated, with its
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 cumha beginning A chuachag nan craobhr
wrongly ascribed to William Boss, is of similar
structure, but in it each of the longer lines has its
final stress ultimate.
(38) P. 53:
Is m6r mo mhulad ’s cha lugha m’ eislean
ge b’e dh’ eisdeadh rium.
Scheme: 3 (’S mor mo mhulad) rium.
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 iorram , some
of them being also cumha. All but the last belong to
the seventeenth century. This metre was a special
favourite with Iain Lom : —
(39) P. 223:
A Dhomhnuill an Diiin mhic Ghille-easbuig
nan twr
chaidh t’ eineach ’s do chlm thar chach.
This may be described as a strophe consisting of a
double-stressed w-phrase thrice repeated, with final