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Introduction.
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the other lines have final stress penultimate. Scheme
of first rann : —
— i u — —n 6 —
a 1 — 1 -—b —
— a ua — ua — 6 —
— i 1 — — 1 — u
(66) P. 54:
’S a’ chdor a fhuair mi o Shiusaidh gun an cuinn a
dhol g’a chednnach.
Each long line has four stresses. The second and
third stressed syllables rhyme, and the poem has a-end-
rhyme throughout, being therefore an a-poem. Being
an bran-luathaidh, it is not in quatrains.
(67) P. 68:
Tha mi crditeach tinn’s tha mi sgith lan dochair.
An intricate metre. Each line has four stresses, two
of which assonate. In the third and fifth lines, the
assonance is between the second and fourth stressed
syllables; in the other lines, it is between the second
and third. In the fourth line, the second and third
assonances agree with the second and fourth of the
third line. The lines of each stanza have the same
end-rhyme, except the third, which rhymes with two
words in the next line. In 1. 1842, for nach ’eil we
should probably read nach bhfhuil, to rhyme in quality
though not in quantity with giulan, luthmhor. Scheme
of first stanza, which is less regular than the others: —
a — i 1 — o —
a ui — e o —
a — 1 (u) — e — 1
— a— — a— — —o — a —
a a 5 — a —