[[149-16]] desatan su voz, 'burst into song.'
¡EXCELSIOR!
Gaspar Núñez de Arce, b. 1834 at Valladolid, d. 1903. Núñez de Arce was a journalist, lyric poet and playwright. He wrote comparatively little, but he had a great influence in literature and in politics. Works: Gritos del combate, Idilio, Vértigo, La pesca; and the plays, El haz de leña, Quien debe paga, Deudas de la honra, et al.
150.—¡Excelsior! has 11 or 7 syllables, and 2 or 1 rhythmic stresses, to the line:
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¿Por | qué | los | co | ra | zo | nes | mi | se | ra | bles, Por | qué | las | al | mas | vi | les, En | los | fie | ros | com | ba | tes | de | la | vi | da Ni | lu | chan | ni | re | sis | ten? |
The rhyme is assonance: í-e in the first stanza, á-a in the second, and é-a in the third.
[[150-5]] más... Cuanto más, 'the more... the higher.'
[[150-10]] ligera, 'quickly' (pred. adj.).
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