Seguidilla
It’s a seven-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm, often used in Spanish folk songs.
Guidelines:
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7-line poem
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Syllable count: 7-5-7-5-5-7-5 per line
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One assonance rhyme between lines 2 and 4; another one between lines 5 and 7
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Pause between lines 4 and 5 — usually a full stop
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The tone or focus changes between lines 4 and 5
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Stanza: one
Poem:
Weight of time has worn it out
Charm stripped off royals
Shrunken body hugs the hours
Flipped by dawn, dusk calls.
History will speak
recount it for ages on,
Weak soul finds a voice.
