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Bergin, Osborn, “Metrica I: notes on Meyer's Primer of Irish metrics”, Ériu 8 (1916): 161–167.

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Article
“Metrica I: notes on Meyer's Primer of Irish metrics
Periodical
Ériu 8 (1916)
Ériu 8 (1916), Dublin: School of Irish Learning.
Volume
8
Pages
161–167
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General
Meyer, Kuno, A primer of Irish metrics. With a glossary, and an appendix containing an alphabetical list of the poets of Ireland, Dublin: School of Irish Learning, 1909.  
comments: Contents:
  • A. Alliterative poetry
    • Alliteration
  • B. Syllabic poetry
    • Technical terms
    • Rhyme
    • Consonance
    • Debide-rhyme
    • Internal rhyme
    • Elision
    • Aphæresis
    • How to conclude a poem
    • Syntatic licences
    • The metres
    • Stanzas of different structure
  • Appendix: the poets of Ireland
  • Glossary of the rarer words
CELT – PDF: <link> Internet Archive – Angus Matheson’s annotated copy: <link>
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Dennis Groenewegen
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