Lines [1]-40. Ballad meter or verso de romance (8 syllables) with assonance in é-a.
Lines [41]-48. Verso de romance with assonance in ó.
Lines [49]-63. Irregular 3-syllable meter with assonance in ó occurring irregularly; lines 53 and 55 rime, and 59 and 61 assonate in é-a.
Lines [64]-75. Verso de romance with assonance in ó.
Lines [76]-99. Quatrains or cuartetas of 12-syllable verse; rime-scheme abab (this arrangement of the rime is called rima cruzada); alternation of masculine and feminine rime.
Lines [100]-139. Octavillas italianas (8-syllable verse); lines 2 and 3, 6 and 7, 4 and 8 rime; lines 1 and 5 either assonate or are blank (sueltos).
Lines [140]-179. Octavas reales (11-syllable verse); rime-scheme abababcc; the rimes must be feminine.
Lines [180]-257. Verso de romance, printed in the form of cuartetas; assonance in á-a.
Lines [258]-302. Quintillas (8-syllable verse); the rime-scheme varies; the rule is that there shall be two rimes to a quintilla, and the same rime must not occur in three consecutive verses.
Lines [303]-330. Cuartetas (11-syllable verse); rime-scheme abab; occasionally assonance replaces rime in the even verses.