El | cla | vel | que | | me | dis | te
El | | a | de | la^As | cen | sión,
No | fué | cla | vel, | si | no | cla | vo
Que | cla | | mi | co | ra | zón.

The rhyme-scheme is -, a, -, a; -, b, -, b.

[*] A stressed syllable (as in Ascensión) at the end of a line counts as two syllables.

¡BELLO ES VIVIR!

José Zorrilla y Moral, b. 1817 at Valladolid, d. 1893,—poet and dramatist. Zorrilla was one of the most popular romantic poets of Spain, and his writings exerted a deep influence on his contemporaries in Spain and Spanish America. Much of his work was done hastily and carelessly. Zorrilla is probably at his best in his Leyendas, which give a somewhat imaginary history of medieval Spain. Works: lyric verse, Soledad del campo, Indecisión, Cantos del trovador, et al.; plays, El zapatero y el rey, Traidor inconfeso y mártir, Don Juan Tenorio, et al.

149.¡Bello es vivir! (fragmento de Indecisión) has 11 syllables, and 2 rhythmic stresses, to the line:

¡Be | llo^es | vi | vir, | la | vi | da^es | la^ar | mo | | a!
Luz, | pe | ñas | cos, | to | rren | tes | y | cas | ca | das,
Un | sol | de | fue | go^i | lu | mi | nan | do^el | | a,
Ai | re | de^a | ro | mas, | flo | res | a | pi | ña | das.

The rhyme-scheme is a, b, a, b, etc.

[[149-9]] Se ve... que nace, 'the growing light of early morn is seen upon the horizon.'

[[149-12]] En el aire flotando=flotando en el aire.