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).

This article is about the poetry form. For other uses, see Seguidilla.

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

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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