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Introduction
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(42) P. 217, Tha mise fo ghruaim, &c.
An 6-poem. It is not necessary to repeat the descrip¬
tion, which, mutatis mutandis, is similar for all these
poems.
(43) P. 211, Gu ma sldn’s gu ma h-eibhinn.
An 6-poem; the first strophe is on e.
(44) P. 186, Moch ’s mi ’g eirigh ’s a' mhaduinn, &c.
Here there is double assonance, i.e., the vowels that bear
the first stress assonate in each strophe, as well as those
that bear the second stress. An 6-poem.
(45) P. 168, An ainm an digit ni mi tus, &c.
There is double assonance, which becomes more fully
developed after the opening strophes. The final phrase
of four syllables has ante-penultimate stress. An
c-poem.
The following are the seventeenth century specimens
of cumha in this metre: —
(46) P. 228, Righ, gur m6r mo chuid mhulaid, &c.
An 6-poem.
(47) P. 198:
Ri iuaim an t-saimh ’s waigneach mo ghean;
bha mis’ uair nach b’e sud m’ abhaist.
An 6-poem, with double assonance after the first stanza.
(48) P. 181, Gur muladach thd mi, <fec.
An 6-poem, with double assonance in most of the
strophes.
(49) P. 91, 0 gur mis th’air mo chrddh, &c.
An e-poem, with double assonance.
In certain poems the rhyming phrases of the
strophe are repeated six times or more. Of the six
examples that follow, five are cumha.
(50) P. 133: