Silva (Spanish strophe)

Silva (Spanish strophe)

Silva, in Spanish poetry, a strophe, laisse (Sp. tirada) consisting of in eleven- and seven- syllable lines: hendecasyllables ("endecasílabos") and heptasyllables ("heptasílabos"), the majority of which are rhymed although there is no fixed order or rhyme, nor is there a fixed number of lines. Silvas are used by persons of high rank, usually in soliloquies, and for highly emotional narration and description.

The use of Silva can be found in Góngora's "Soledades".

External links

* [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/METRIFICATION.html Spanish Metrification By A. Robert Lauer]
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva] : Spanish Wikipedia Article.


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