There are found other free compositions into which rhyme enters as an essential feature, but which are governed by no law regulating the number and the order of the various kinds of verse, or the distribution of the rhymes and the pauses. Of this class is the silva, composed of iambic hendecasyllables intermingled with seven-syllabled lines. Every verse is made to rhyme by the best xlvii versifiers; but occasionally some lines are left unrhymed; cf. [p. 157], Jáuregui’s Acaecimiento amoroso, and [p. 170], Rioja’s Á la rosa. There are also silvas with lines of eight syllables or less, having rhyme throughout, but no fixed order of verses; cf. the Cantilenas of Villegas on [pp. 175–6].
Many other and quite artificial forms exist, of which space forbids a description. Thus, there are the glosa, cf. [p. 82] and [p. 135], beginning with a text, a line of which enters into each of the stanzas expounding it; the letra, a poem with short verses and also of the nature of a gloss, cf. [p. 59]; the madrigal, elaborating a conceit in verses of mingled hendecasyllables and heptasyllables, such as those written by Gutierre de Cetina; cf. [p. 73].
Our text also presents examples of certain old forms, originally popular, such as the villancico and the serranilla; cf. [pp. 35] and [81]. In these the refrain is always an important element.
In more recent times, and especially since the advent of the Romantic Movement of the nineteenth century, the caprice of the poet has invented many forms, the arrangement of which is generally self-evident and need not be explained here.
INDEX OF AUTHORS
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| [Acuña, Fernando de] | 72 |
| [Alcázar, Baltasar de] | 131 |
| [Almogaver, Juan Boscán] | 67 |
| [Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Nicasio] | 223 |
| [Álvarez de Villasandino, Alfonso] | 24 |
| [Álvaro de Luna, el Condestable] | 28 |
| [Álvarez Gato, Juan] | 59 |
| [Anónimo: Aventura amorosa] | 3 |
| [Anónimo: Canción] | 130 |
| [Anónimo: Coplas de Mingo Revulgo] | 32 |
| [Anónimo: El Beso] | 60 |
| [Anónimo: La Danza de la Muerte] | 16 |
| [Anónimo: Revelación de un Ermitaño] | 21 |
| [Anónimo: Romance Caballeresco] | 126 |
| [Anónimo: Romance Caballeresco] | 128 |
| [Anónimo: Romance erótico] | 128 |
| [Anónimo: Romance erótico] | 129 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 112 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 114 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 116 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 117 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 119 |
| [Anónimo: Romance histórico] | 122 |
| [Anónimo: Romance morisco] | 124 |
| [Anónimo: Soneto, A Cristo crucificado] | 111 |
| [Argensola, Bartolomé Leonardo de] | 140 |
| [Argensola, Lupercio Leonardo de] | 137 |
| [Argote y Góngora, Luis de] | 141 |
| [Arias Montano, Benito] | 111 |
| [Arjona, Manuel María de] | 230 |
| [Arriaza y Superirela, Juan] | 255 |
| [Avellaneda, Gertrudis Gómez de] | 296 |
| [Ayala, Adelardo López de] | 300 |
| [Ayala, Pero López de] | 14 |
| [Bachiller de la Torre, el] | 165 |
| [Baena, Juan Alfonso de] | 39 |
| [Barahona de Soto, Luis] | 110 |
| [Barca, Pedro Calderón de la] | 180 |
| [Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo] | 303 |
| [Bello, Andrés] | 310 |
| [Berceo, Gonzalo de] | 8 |
| [Blanco, José María] | 249 |
| [Borja, Francisco de] | 167 |
| [Boscán Almogaver, Juan] | 67 |
| l [Bretón de los Herreros, Manuel] | 288 |
| [Cabanyes, Manuel de] | 279 |
| [Cadalso, José de] | 207 |
| [Calderón de la Barca, Pedro] | 180 |
| [Camoens, Luis de] | 81 |
| [Campoamor y Campoosorio, Ramón] | 312 |
| [Caro, Rodrigo] | 156 |
| [Carpio, Lope Félix de Vega] | 147 |
| [Cartagena] | 57 |
| [Carvajal (ó Carvajales)] | 40 |
| [Casa, José Iglesias de la] | 221 |
| [Castillejo, Cristóbal de] | 75 |
| [Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de] | 133 |
| [Cetina, Gutierre de] | 73 |
| [Chaide, Malón de] | 107 |
| [Cienfuegos, Nicasio Álvarez de] | 223 |
| [Coronado, Carolina] | 294 |
| [Cota, Rodrigo] | 32 |
| [Encina, Juan del] | 63 |
| [Escribá, el Comendador] | 59 |
| [Espinel, Vicente] | 145 |
| [Espinosa, Pedro de] | 155 |
| [Espronceda, José de] | 268 |
| [Esquilache, el Príncipe de] | 167 |
| [Estúñiga, Lope de] | 37 |
| [Fernández de Moratín, Leandro] | 228 |
| [Fernández de Moratín, Nicolás] | 196 |
| [Figueroa, Francisco de] | 109 |
| [Furtado de Mendoza, el Almirante Diego] | 23 |
| [Gallego, Juan Nicasio] | 244 |
| [García de la Huerta, Vicente Antonio] | 192 |
| [Garcilaso de la Vega] | 70 |
| [Gato, Juan Álvarez] | 59 |
| [Gerardo de Hervás, José] | 193 |
| [Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis] | 296 |
| [Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco] | 159 |
| [Góngora, Luis de Argote y] | 141 |
| [González, Fray Diego] | 215 |
| [Guzmán, Fernán Pérez de] | 29 |
| [Hartzenbusch, Juan Eugenio] | 287 |
| [Heredia, José María] | 289 |
| [Herrera, Fernando de] | 86 |
| [Herreros, Manuel Bretón de los] | 288 |
| [Hervás, José Gerardo de] | 193 |
| [Hita, Arcipreste de] | 9 |
| [Huerta, Vicente Antonio García de la] | 192 |
| [Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego] | 74 |
| [Iglesias de la Casa, José] | 221 |
| [Imperial, Micer Francisco] | 25 |
| [Inés de la Cruz, Sor Juana] | 185 |
| [Iriarte, Tomás de] | 226 |
| [Jáuregui, Juan de] | 157 |
| [Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de] | 208 |
| [Juan de la Cruz, San] | 105 |
| [Lando, Ferrant Manuel de] | 39 |
| [León, Fray Luis de] | 95 |
| [Leonardo de Argensola, Bartolomé] | 140 |
| [Leonardo de Argensola, Lupercio] | 137 |
| [Lista y Aragón, Alberto] | 251 |
| [López de Ayala, Adelardo] | 300 |
| [López de Ayala, el Canciller Pero] | 14 |
| [López de Mendoza, Íñigo] | 34 |
| [Luna, el Condestable Álvaro de] | 28 |
| li [Luzán, Ignacio de] | 191 |
| [Malón de Chaide] | 107 |
| [Manrique, Gómez] | 40 |
| [Manrique, Jorge] | 42 |
| [Manuel, Juan] | 13 |
| [Manuel de Lando, Ferrant] | 39 |
| [Manuel de Urrea, Pedro] | 65 |
| [Manuel de Villegas, Esteban] | 175 |
| [Martínez de la Rosa, Francisco] | 257 |
| [Medina, Salvador Jacinto Polo de] | 178 |
| [Meléndez Valdés, Juan] | 211 |
| [Mena, Juan de] | 31 |
| [Mendoza, el Almirante Diego Furtado de] | 23 |
| [Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de] | 74 |
| [Mendoza, Íñigo López de] | 34 |
| [Menéndez y Pelayo, Marcelino] | 330 |
| [Mingo Revulgo, Coplas de] | 32 |
| [Montano, Benito Arias] | 111 |
| [Montemayor, Jorge de] | 80 |
| [Moratín, Leandro Fernández de] | 228 |
| [Moratín, Nicolás Fernández de] | 196 |
| [Núñez de Arce, Gaspar] | 323 |
| [Padrón, Rodríguez del] | 58 |
| [Páez de Ribera, Ruy] | 26 |
| [Pérez de Guzmán, Fernán] | 29 |
| [Pitillas, Jorge] | 193 |
| [Plácido] | 293 |
| [Polo de Medina, Salvador Jacinto] | 178 |
| [Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gómez de] | 159 |
| [Quintana, Manuel José] | 235 |
| [Quiñones, Suero de] | 38 |
| [Ribera, Ruy Páez de] | 26 |
| [Rioja, Francisco de] | 170 |
| [Rivas, el Duque de] | 258 |
| [Rodríguez del Padrón] | 58 |
| [Rojas, Pedro Soto de] | 175 |
| [Ruiz, Juan] | 9 |
| [Saavedra, Ángel de] | 258 |
| [Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes] | 133 |
| [Salazar Torres, Agustín de] | 185 |
| [Samaniego, Félix María de] | 225 |
| [Santillana, Marqués de] | 34 |
| [Selgas y Carrasco, José] | 300 |
| [Silvestre, Gregorio de] | 78 |
| [Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz] | 185 |
| [Soto, Luis Barahona de] | 110 |
| [Soto de Rojas, Pedro] | 175 |
| [Tallante, Mossén Juan] | 58 |
| [Tassis, Juan de] | 144 |
| [Teresa de Jesús, Santa] | 82 |
| [Timoneda, Juan] | 108 |
| [Torre, el Bachiller de la] | 165 |
| [Torres, Agustín Salazar de] | 185 |
| [Trueba, Antonio de] | 307 |
| [Urrea, Pedro Manuel de] | 65 |
| [Valdés, Gabriel de la Concepción] | 293 |
| [Valdés, Juan Meléndez] | 211 |
| [Valdivielso, José de] | 154 |
| [Valera y Alcalá Galiano, Juan] | 319 |
| [Vega, Garcilaso de la] | 70 |
| [Vega, Ventura de la] | 309 |
| [Vega Carpio, Lope Félix de] | 147 |
| [Vicente, Gil] | 67 |
| [Villamediana, Conde de] | 144 |
| [Villasandino, Alfonso Álvarez de] | 24 |
| [Villegas, Esteban Manuel de] | 175 |
| [Zorrilla, José] | 280 |
I
POESÍAS DE LOS SIGLOS XIII-XV
ANTOLOGÍA CASTELLANA
Anónimo
(Thirteenth century)