El Estudiante de Salamanca and Other Selections

by José de Espronceda

Lines [1602]-1617. Octavillas italianas (8-syllable verse).

Lines [1618]-1633. Octavillas italianas (7-syllable verse).

Lines [1634]-1649. Octavillas italianas (6-syllable verse).

Lines [1650]-1661. An irregular 12-verse stanza of 5-syllable verse in which verses 3 and 4, 8 and 9 rime as couplets; 6 and 12 also rime; the other verses are blank.

Lines [1662]-1669. Variant of the octavilla italiana; 4-syllable verse; verse 6 is blank instead of 5.

Lines [1670]-1677. Octavilla italiana; 3-syllable verse; rime-scheme normal.

Lines [1678]-1680. Irregular meter of 2-syllable verse; rime and blank; the diminuendo effect ends here.

Lines [1681]-1704. Octavas reales.

"CANCIÓN DEL PIRATA"

Lines [1]-16. Octavillas italianas (8-syllable verse).