vençen el seso sus dulçes errores,
mas non duran sienpre, segund luego plazen;
pues me fizieron del mal que vos fazen,
sabed al amor desamar, amadores.
(Strophe 106)
The old arte mayor verse has these distinguishing characteristics:
The line is divided into hemistichs, each of which may have four, five or six syllables, thus:
(1) (-) - - - [/-] (-) | (-) - - - [/-] (-),
except that the final syllable of the first hemistich and the initial syllable of the second may not both be lacking. These arrangements may also occur (the third is rare):
(2) (-) - - - [/-] - - | - - - [/-] (-)