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Introduction
Ivii.
AMHRAK OR ORAN.
(64) P. 45:
0 mosglamaid gu suilbhir snt le sunndachd ghk&da
is eireamaid.
There are six stresses in each long line, and the final
stress is ante-penu1 timate. The third and fifth stressed
vowels rhyme in each line; the final stressed vowels
rhyme throughout the stanza. In 1213, 1214 the rhyme
is suthain: bhruthainn; there is no proper rhyme in
1215, 1216, where neimh •. fial should rhyme.
(65) P. 50:
Cha dirich mi bruthach’s cha siubhail mi mointeach.
Each long line has four stresses. The second and third
stressed vowels rhyme in each line, except 1391-2, aigne .
furtaich) 1407-8 cuideachd: thaghainn-, the first three
lines have the same end-rhyme, but the last line is inde¬
pendent, and has its final stress ultimate, while the other
lines have final stress penultimate. Scheme of first
(66) P. 54:
'8 a’ chdor a fhuair mi o Shiusaidh gun cm cuiren 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 txnn ’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 asson-