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re contiguous, one of them must be accented.

s of a word with the accen

of a word with the accent on

vowels with the accent

will be a combination of two vowels with the first accented, plus a combination of two vowels after the accent. In tráeos, for example, the a and e

e syllables by b (2) (b), and the í and a would probably be in separate syllables also by b (2)(a). Therefore, creia would probably be a trisyllable. In cambiáos the i and á might form on

for example, the e and u might be in the same syllable by a (1), or in separate syllables by dieresis by a (1) (a), and the u an

yzed in a similar way, as may also combination

YNAL

ur synalepha (which corresponds to diphthongization within a

l. 22. ?á qué me lo decís? lo sé^:^es m

en cuya cresta, p. 173,

except when the same vowel is repeated, when only a pr

five vowels. The union of two vowels (diphthongal synalepha) and th

revent synalepha. Mute h is disregarded in

lo, y apénas ?oh^herm

NGAL SY

two contiguous unaccented vowe

ernidad, p. 178

the final vowel of the

, flotando ante mis o

word is accented, especially when the first word ends in a w

cielo de la tarde,

us is preferable even with the above combinations, in a syllable

y al hablar, vibrante

á la playa viene, p.

ONGAL S

e vowel; or when o or e is the middle vowel, except in the

expirar, p. 178

weak vowel stands between two strong vowels. Therefore

y oro la matiza,

a when í (y) is the middle vowel,

uí valiente, fuí a

may be synalepha if i follows i

epha with a word

o huesped tarda.

ls which would usually make triphthongal

he group ends in two vowels

|a^abiertos, p.

vowels of the second word

ea que, cuantas vec

econd begins with a vowel in a constituent syllable (

designio honr

not in a constituent syll

a á descubrir no alca

e vowel, and the second word begins wit

eloso austro

well be considered

TWEEN FOUR O

s common, y

donde no hay cel

AT

t syllable. It may occur between the article and its substantive, the possessive adjective and its substantive, a preposition and its object, the negative

, or of a word that has a strongly accented position in the verse; as, for example, when the syllable is the next

s y batir de alas

á la playa viene, p.

e, the phrase de^oro is us

pálida, mis trenz

, sometimes observ

y de oro, p. 1

n though there is no close syntactical relation, although the vowels ma

atólica patente!

e va? p. 178, XXXVII

YTHMIC

ution of accents within a line. Words have an accent of their own a

llables of a verse, is known as rhythmic accent. It plays somewhat the same r?le as did quantity

rmine the regular recurrence of long and short syllables in Latin verse are not very

VERSIFICATION APPL

sometimes applied to Spanish verse

or example, substituting stress

- | /

first, third, fifth,

r alternation of unaccented and

ecurrence of an accented syllable fol

/ - -

middle one would be stressed, - / -. This construction is sometimes followed in lines of

tressed syllables preceding a stressed syllable, - - /. Thi

SH VERSE

dad, luz, yo; llana (or grave) when it has the accent on the penult, e.g. trabajo, fru

r esdrújulo according to whether its final w

r two syllables. Therefore, Ni tu ni yo jamá

les does not change. Therefore, Detrás del ab

al syllable does not count, either in enumerating the syllables in the verse or for the r

BUTION OF RHY

rules with regard to the distribution of accents,

upon the syllable nominally

e in a versa agudo counts as two syllables, and that the next

l verses of seven syllables or more must have other necessary acc

hould never be accented, for it obstructs the proper accentuation of the

OF SYLLABLES I

yllables from two up to sixteen. All must ha

se may be composed of a single word

! p. 173, X

no supernum

ables can have no supernumerary accent,

Susp

t have an accent on the third syllable. There may

e ese

ave an accent on the fourth. It may or may not have a

nóro, p. I 7

le with necessary accents on

o blando.

e an accent on the fifth. There may or may not be sup