Dáin do EimhirAssociation for Scottish Literary Studies, 2002 - 295 pages |
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Page 152
... stresses in a line , priority has generally been given to those words which bear a stress under normal linguistic conditions . It might , however , be more appropriate to analyse MacLean's practice in terms analogous to those of the ...
... stresses in a line , priority has generally been given to those words which bear a stress under normal linguistic conditions . It might , however , be more appropriate to analyse MacLean's practice in terms analogous to those of the ...
Page 256
... stresses per line in the octave , three or four in the quatrains . XLVIII A series of paradoxes celebrating the manner in which Eimhir's proximity makes the inconceivable actual . It is hardly surprising that a love sequence which ...
... stresses per line in the octave , three or four in the quatrains . XLVIII A series of paradoxes celebrating the manner in which Eimhir's proximity makes the inconceivable actual . It is hardly surprising that a love sequence which ...
Page 259
... stresses , rhyming abab ( except for lines 1 and 3 ) and alternating feminine and mascu- line rhymes . Identical rhymes in stanzas 2 and 3. The fact that all couplets except the first have aicill means the feminine rhyme occurs no fewer ...
... stresses , rhyming abab ( except for lines 1 and 3 ) and alternating feminine and mascu- line rhymes . Identical rhymes in stanzas 2 and 3. The fact that all couplets except the first have aicill means the feminine rhyme occurs no fewer ...
Contents
COPYTEXTS AND VARIANT READINGS | 124 |
LIST OF TITLES | 136 |
COMMENTARY | 150 |
Copyright | |
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