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Introduction
lix.
(69) P. Ill:
’Bfhedrr learn breacan uadlach mu’m ghuodllibh ’s a
chtir fo m’ dchlais.
Each long line has four stresses. The third and fourth
stressed syllables assonate, and final a-rhyme is main¬
tained throughout. In 3015, ghloic must be pronounced
glaoic (as in fact it is now) to rhyme with saighdeir. In
3039, coireadh rhymes with coill’ thu.
(70) P. 125 : Tha mulad tha gruaim orm tha bron.
The first, second and last lines of each stanza have three
stresses and the same end-rhyme, with ultimate final
stress. The two short lines may be regarded as one long
line with four stresses, and with assonance between the
second and fourth stressed syllables, the final stress being
penultimate, and the final stressed syllable rhyming with
the second stressed syllable of the last line. Cf. the
third line of John MacCodrum’s poem, p. 68.
(71) P. 149:
’Si so ’n iimsir a dho&rbhar an tkvrgneachd dhuinn.
Each long line has four stresses. The second and third
stressed syllables assonate; in the last line always, and
in the other lines often, the first, second and third
stressed syllables assonate. The final stressed syllables
rhyme throughout the stanza. Scheme of first rann:—•
(—) — a a — a — — u
— a a a u
— e e e u
— — eirg airg eirbh u
(72) P. 155:
Air teachd o’n Spain do shliochd an Ghdoidhil
ghldis.
The heroic rhymed couplet of Pope and Dry den.