(-) - [/-] - [/-] (-) | (-) - [/-] - [/-] (-),
as in:
Aquel claro padre, aquel dulce fuente...
In the second half of the sixteenth century and in the seventeenth century, the arte mayor verse was out of fashion, although it appeared occasionally, as in these lines of Lope de Vega (a variety of the Sapphic strophe), with inner rime:
Amor poderoso en cielo y en tierra,
dulcísima guerra de nuestros sentidos,
¡oh, cuántos perdidos con vida inquiëta
tu imperio sujeta!
(From first act of Dorotea)
In the nineteenth century it was restored to favor by the romanticists.[41] Good examples are: Espronceda, El templario; Avellaneda, Las siete palabras; and Zorrilla, Á un torreón (part). Some writers used it even in the drama (cf. Gil y Zárate, Guzmán el bueno). The modern arte mayor verse is written in 12-syllable lines, usually with regular ternary movement. Thus: