El Estudiante de Salamanca and Other Selections

by José de Espronceda

Lines [693]-792. Cuartetas (12-syllable verse); odd verses rime; the even either form a masculine rime or are in assonance.

Lines [793]-820. Cuartetas (8-syllable verse); the rime-scheme varies: some coplas are redondillas; others have the crossed rime.

Lines [821]-884. Cuartetas of 12-syllable verse resumed; same rime-scheme as above.

Lines [885]-894. Quintillas (8-syllable verse); rime-scheme abaab.

Lines [895]-910. Cuartetas (11-syllable verse); rime-scheme either abba or abab.

Lines [911]-938. Cuartetas of 12-syllable verse; rime-scheme abab; even verses form either a masculine rime or assonance.

Lines [939]-942. Cuarteta (11-syllable verse); even verses in assonance; the odd verses rime.

Lines [943]-961. Irregular meter (6-syllable verse); a mixture of rime, assonance, and blank verse.

Lines [962]-1033. Verso de romance; assonance in á.

Lines [1034]-1063. Quintillas.