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

References

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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[CushmanCavanagh2012-1] 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.