Lines [1]-14. Sonnet. 11-syllable verse. Rime-scheme abba, abba, cde, cde.
"A TERESA. DESCANSA EN PAZ"
Written [throughout] in octavas reales (11-syllable verse); rime-scheme abababcc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
For a fuller treatment of Spanish prosody the student may profitably consult the following works:
BENOT. "Prosodía Castellana y Versificación," 3 vols., Madrid, no date.
ROBLES DÉGANO. "Ortología Clásica de la Lengua Castellana," Madrid, 1905.
BELLO. "Ortología y Arte Métrica" (Vol. 4 of "Obras Completas"), Madrid, 1890.
For more or less summary treatments of the subject the American student may profitably consult:
OLMSTED. "Legends, Tales, and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer" (Ginn and Company).