Created by Vincente Espinel, a Spanish poet, the Espinela consists of two stanzas, four end rhymes over 10 lines. The first stanza is a quatrain and the second stanza is a sestet. Each line is tetrameter or 8-syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows:
abba accddc
Example
Nights of Romancing by JezzieG
How I wish we could go dancing
Like we did in those olden days
Moving rhythm as music plays
In those nights of our romancing
Warm nights of summer entrancing
Enchanting love for you and me
Walking beside the starlit sea
Stroll back home; a bottle of wine
On those nights that were so divine
As we kissed setting our love free
Picturesque and beautiful, Jezzie G! Nice alliteration, and I loved how you added the internal rhyme with “Enchanting.” “Walking beside the starlit sea” sounds so romantic. Love it!
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Thank you Kaci
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