140.—El peral has 7 or 5 syllables, and 1 rhythmic stress to the line:
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Á^un | Pe | ral | u | na | pie | dra Ti | ró^un | mu | cha | cho, Y^u | na | pe | ra^ex | qui | si | ta Sol | tó | le^el | ár | bol. |
The rhyme is assonance, the rhyme-vowels being á-o in the 2d and 4th lines, and ó-e in the 5th and 7th lines. This kind of metrical composition is called seguidilla.
[[140-1]] Á un Peral... muchacho=un muchacho tiró una piedra á un peral.
[[140-4]] Soltóle=le ('for him') soltó.
EL GLOBITO AZUL
Juan Antonio Cavestany, b. 1861 at Seville,—playwright and poet. Works: El esclavo de su culpa, Grandezas humanas, El casino, Salirse de su esfera, Sobre quien viene su castigo, La noche antes, et al.
141.—El globito azul has 8 syllables, and 1 rhythmic stress, to the line:
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Mi | ra | ba^un | ni | ño^a | som | bra | do, Con | ex | pre | sión | ca | ri | ño | sa, Un | glo | bo | de^a | zul | pin | ta | do, Por | un | hi | lo | su | je | ta | do Á | su | ma | no | cui | da | do | sa. |
These stanzas are quintillas. There are two rhymes in each stanza, and not more than two lines having the same rhyme may stand together.