Seguidilla (poetry)

The seguidilla is a verse form of Spanish in origin.[1] It has seven syllable-counted lines (7,5,7,5,5,7,5), and rhymes the second and fourth, and the fifth and seventh lines (x,A,x,A,B,x,B).

Example

So quiet now, the ripples
lapping on the shore
scarcely disturb the silence
- a whisper, no more.
But who knows the power
the growing breakers may have
in another hour?
- Paul Hansford
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References

  1. Stephen Cushman; Clare Cavanagh; Jahan Ramazani; Paul Rouzer (26 August 2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition. Princeton University Press. pp. 1282–. ISBN 1-4008-4142-9.


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