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Introduction
(73) P. 213: An cuala sibhse an tionndadh duineil.
Amhran, with three stresses in each line. The first
stressed vowel is indefinite ; the second was meant to
rhyme in the four lines of each rann, but the purpose is
very incompletely fulfilled; the third rhymes throughout
each rcmn. Scheme of first rann\ —
a a — — i —
u — a — i "fc—
The lest quatrains are Nos. 2, 3, 4, 8; the most im¬
perfect are Nos. 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21.
(74) P. 220:
Dtomhain bhur dluth chiabh air tmteam chon lair.
Amhran, with four stresses in each line. The second
and third stressed vowels rhyme in three lines, except in
1. 5866; but in fourth line, aon ni (? ein-nt) does not
rhyme with thigeas.
(75) P. 246: Ndile bho hi... ndile bho h-drd.
This poem, says Miss Frances Tolmie, was originally an
iorram, but became eventually a waulking song. The
lines have each four stresses, and each of the various
sections, apart from the openings, has end-rhyme, the
same throughout the section.
(76) -*/. 139: Sud an t-slainte churamach.
Three lines each with two stresses and similar ante¬
penultimate end-rhyme, followed by a fourth line of two
stresses with final stress penultimate on e repeated
throughout the poem. The first stressed syllable of the
fourth line rhymes with the last stressed syllable of the
previous line. The arrangement closely resembles the
strophic metres.