136.—[[136-2]] Que: do not translate. The expression is elliptic: digo may be understood (digo que no...).
[[136-4]] que: do not translate. After que, son may be understood.
EL PATO Y LA SERPIENTE
Iriarte: see note, page 135.
137.—El pato y la serpiente has 7 syllables to the line:
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Á^o | ri | llas | de^un | es | tan | que Di | cien | do^es | ta | ba^un | Pa | to: ¿Á | qué^a | ni | mal | dió^el | cie | lo Los | do | nes | que | me^ha | da | do? |
Each line has one rhythmic stress. The rhyme is assonance, the rhyme-vowels being á-o in every second line.
[[137-13]] No hay que, 'you needn't.'
[[137-14]] ni anda=usted ni anda.
[[137-17]] tenga sabido, 'know' (imperative).