_ V, 65;
XI, 86, 92; and Men. Pid., _Cantar de mio Cid_, I, 65 f.]

_(b)_ A word stressed on the penult may assonate with one page lx stressed on the antepenult. Vowels between the
stressed syllable and the final syllable are disregarded,
as in _cruza, cupula (u-a), bane, margenes, arabes (a-e)._

_(c)_ In stressed diphthongs and triphthongs only the
vowels receiving the stress assonate, as in _vale, aire
(a-e), cabellos, suelo (e-o), envolviendo, aposento (e-o),
guardias, alta (a-a), pleito, siento (e-o), mucho, triunfo
(u-o)._

_(d)_ In unstressed diphthongs and triphthongs only the
strong vowels assonate, as in _turba, lluvia (u-a),
licencia, quisierais (e-a), pido, continuo (i-o)_.
Similarly, _e_ or _o_, before another strong vowel, is
disregarded in an unstressed diphthong, as in _modo,
erroneo (o-o), crece, heroe (e-e)_.

_(e)_ In final unstressed syllables, _i_ and _u_ (not in
diphthongs) assonate with _e_ and _o_, respectively, as
in _verde, debil (e-e), amante, facil (a-e), liquido,
espiritu (i-o)_.

(3) In Spanish blank verse (_versos sueltos, libres,
blancos_) there is usually no rime; or if there be rime
it is merely incidental. Blank verse usually consists of
11-syllable lines.

iOh! icuanto rostro veo, a mi censura,
De palidez y de rubor cubierto!
Animo, amigos, nadie tema, nadie,
Su punzante aguijon; que yo persigo
En mi satira el vicio, no al vicioso.
(P. 39, ll. 3-7)

Blank verse is little used in Spanish. It occurs chiefly
in serious satirical or philosophical poems. But separate
_versos sueltos_ are introduced into some varieties of
compositions, such as the _romance, seguidilla, silva_,
etc.[25]

[Footnote 25: The _versos sueltos_ are, with regard to the
absence of rime, in imitation of classic Greek and Latin
verse. They came into Spain by way of Italy during the
Renaissance movement. Abjured by the romanticists, they
were restored to favor by Nunez de Arce.]

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VERSE-MEASURES

A. VERSE WITH BINARY MOVEMENT[26]

[Footnote 26: The term "binary" is used here to distinguish
ordinary Spanish verse from that with regular ternary
movement. Cf. p. lxx.]

In modern Spanish this verse is commonly found in lines of
seven, eight or eleven syllables. It may occur in lines
of any length; but in lines of five or six syllables the
binary and ternary movements are generally mingled. In
Old Spanish binar