Written for: dVerse Poets Pub - Poetry Form: Seguidilla
(posted by Grace)
"The Seguidilla began as a popular dance song of Spain. The verse form was established and branched into variations by the 17th century. It has an alternating long short rhythm."
The Seguidilla is:
• stanzaic, written in any number of 2 part septets. (7 lines)
• syllabic, 7-5-7-5 : 5-7-5 per line. There is a slight pause between
L4 and L5 suggesting L4 should be end-stopped.
• rhymed by assonance xAxABxB or xAxABAB. x being unrhymed. True
rhyme is generally not used.
• composed with a volta or change in thought between L4 and L5.
• sometimes serves as a conclusion for another verse.
If you teach me to tango
I'll wear a red rose
in my teeth, and heels that click
We'll have perfect pose.
Ah, but you are leaving me
tomorrow at dawn.
Who will I dance with? Not thee.
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